Payson, Ariz. resident and true pioneer woman of Gila County, Mercedes "Dese" Lazear Muller passed away peacefully, with family by her side, Nov. 28, 2022 at the age of 101.
Dese was born in Payson, Ariz. on Feb. 14, 1921, to Walter Lazear and Marie Belluzzi Lazear. She was the middle child of three daughters and was named after her grandmother, Mercedes Mungarro Belluzzi, later changing her name to "Dese" as that was what most called her by anyway.
In 1941, after graduating from Chenault Cosmetology School in Tucson, she married Staff Sgt. William Gilliland and moved to San Francisco. Her husband was killed in a B-24 Liberator Bomber in World War II a few years later. She resided in San Francisco for many years and most of the time worked at an export sales company. It was there, she met and married her husband of 45 years, Joseph A. Muller. After a trip home to visit family, they decided to move back to Payson in about 1955.
Dese was born in Payson, Ariz. on Feb. 14, 1921, to Walter Lazear and Marie Belluzzi Lazear. She was the middle child of three daughters and was named after her grandmother, Mercedes Mungarro Belluzzi, later changing her name to "Dese" as that was what most called her by anyway.
In 1941, after graduating from Chenault Cosmetology School in Tucson, she married Staff Sgt. William Gilliland and moved to San Francisco. Her husband was killed in a B-24 Liberator Bomber in World War II a few years later. She resided in San Francisco for many years and most of the time worked at an export sales company. It was there, she met and married her husband of 45 years, Joseph A. Muller. After a trip home to visit family, they decided to move back to Payson in about 1955.
Payson, Ariz. resident and true pioneer woman of Gila County, Mercedes "Dese" Lazear Muller passed away peacefully, with family by her side, Nov. 28, 2022 at the age of 101.
Dese was born in Payson, Ariz. on Feb. 14, 1921, to Walter Lazear and Marie Belluzzi Lazear. She was the middle child of three daughters and was named after her grandmother, Mercedes Mungarro Belluzzi, later changing her name to "Dese" as that was what most called her by anyway.
In 1941, after graduating from Chenault Cosmetology School in Tucson, she married Staff Sgt. William Gilliland and moved to San Francisco. Her husband was killed in a B-24 Liberator Bomber in World War II a few years later. She resided in San Francisco for many years and most of the time worked at an export sales company. It was there, she met and married her husband of 45 years, Joseph A. Muller. After a trip home to visit family, they decided to move back to Payson in about 1955.
Dese was born in Payson, Ariz. on Feb. 14, 1921, to Walter Lazear and Marie Belluzzi Lazear. She was the middle child of three daughters and was named after her grandmother, Mercedes Mungarro Belluzzi, later changing her name to "Dese" as that was what most called her by anyway.
In 1941, after graduating from Chenault Cosmetology School in Tucson, she married Staff Sgt. William Gilliland and moved to San Francisco. Her husband was killed in a B-24 Liberator Bomber in World War II a few years later. She resided in San Francisco for many years and most of the time worked at an export sales company. It was there, she met and married her husband of 45 years, Joseph A. Muller. After a trip home to visit family, they decided to move back to Payson in about 1955.
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