(LAPORTE, IN) - A former La Porte County political figure will be remembered during a ceremony later this week.

Dr. Ed Mueller passed away in Florida just before the New Year. Mueller was 94.

A celebration of life service is scheduled for Thursday at the VFW post on McClung Road from 4-7 PM. 

In addition to being a surgeon, Mueller was a veteran of the Korean War and served on the county council and as county coroner. Mueller was also the La Porte County Republican Party Chairman into the 1990’s.