Claire Muller Johnson

Claire Muller Johnson, 90, Led Flemington Cut Glass

JUNO BEACH, Fla. - Claire Muller Johnson died July 11, 2002 at Jupiter Hospital here. She was 90. Born in Philadelphia, a daughter of Jules and Edith Remmlein, she graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, and came to Flemington to teach home economics at Flemington High School in 1935. She resided in the Flemington area all her life from then until moving to Florida 10 years ago. She became president of Flemington Cut Glass in 1970 after the death of her husband, former County Freeholder Ralph Muller. His father had started the firm in 1908. She worked with her husband in the family business for many years, doing personnel work, going on buying trips and in various other ways helping run the operation. She became president of Flemington Glass Enterprises, a real estate holding firm, in 1984 and remained active until her death. She once served as president of the Flemington-Raritan Board of Education. She was a past president of the Flemington Womans Club, of which she was a member more than 50 years. She was instrumental in the founding of the Flemington-Raritan Community Pool Association and was a volunteer at Hunterdon Medical Center for over 25 years and also volunteered at St. Mary's Hospital, West Palm Beach, Fla. She was also a member of the Grandview Grange, Flemington and was active in many other community organizations. Ralph Muller died in 1970 and her second husband, Arthur Johnson, died in 1990. A daughter, Barbara Hill, who was a mayor of Flemington, died in 1994. Surviving are two sons, County Freeholder George Muller of Raritan Township and Roy Muller of Charlestown, W. Va.; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. A memorial mass will be said Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Magdalen Catholic Church in Flemington. Interment will be private in the church cemetery, under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington. Memorial contributions can be made to Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation, 2100 Wescott Dr., Flemington 08822.