Andrew David Mueller of Colonial Road passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at Albany Medical Center Hospital with his loving family by his side. He was 59.

Pre-deceased by his siblings Erik Mueller and Daniel Mueller and his father Josef Mueller Jr., Andrew is survived by his partner Kathleen Weismore, his mother Priscilla Mueller, siblings, Josef (Linda) Mueller III, Jonathan (Patricia) Mueller, Tammy (Steve) Gori and several other foster siblings; sons Jake Mueller and Jon Mueller, Kathy's children Michael (Tanya) DeShaw, Getti (Michelle) Weismore, Garet (Kasie) Weismore, and his dog Izzy. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at Stillwater United Church on Hudson Avenue. Relatives and friends may gather at the American Legion in Stillwater following the service.

Andy was born on July 15, 1966 at Albany Medical Center. Andy was the second of 5 sons from his parents Josef and Priscilla Mueller. His parents owned an old farmhouse with lots land. During his childhood, Andy was always outdoors and there was a lot of outdoors on the family land. From an early age, his passions were fishing and hunting. He would fish anywhere his parents or friends would take him, from streams to brooks to Saratoga Lake, including ice fishing in the winter. He loved Tarzan and would swing from one side of the ravine by the house to the other. He also enjoyed playing baseball, a sport that he would later enjoy by being a Little League coach for his sons.

During his teenage years, he started working for a local farmer, Steve Ropitsky. One day in 1984, while he was tossing hay at the Ropitsky farm, Andy met Tammy who he later married. She was picking strawberries with her sister, who was dating Danny Ropitsky at that time.

After graduating from Stillwater High School in 1984, Andy headed to Denver to build hands-on skills at the Colorado School of Trades Gunsmithing program. After returning to Stillwater and apprenticing for a year, he went back to school in 1986 for a second trades program, Diesel Technology, at New England Tech in Hamden, CT. He worked at E-Z-Go Golf Carts in Enfield, CT during that time.

Andy returned to the Capital District for both employment and to marry Tammy. They were married by Dr Frederick F Harling ("Uncle Rick") on September 16, 1989 at the Stillwater United Church. They lived briefly in an apartment in Willow Glen, before moving to a house on Babcock Lake Road in Grafton, where they lived from 1989-2000. During those years, Andy & Tammy had two children: Jake in October 1991 & Jon in March 1996.

Andy was a naturally curious tradesperson, building skills and experiences as he moved from one employer to the next. In 1988, Andy worked in Albany as a mechanic on Armored cars and Fire Trucks for JGL Enterprises, and also Niagara Mohawk briefly. From 1989-90, Andy was a mechanic for Capital Tractors in Brunswick / Greenwich. From 1991-2000, he was a mechanic for Delurey's Sales & Service, an International Truck dealership, in Hoosick Falls.

Andy had been gifted land from his parents neighboring his parent's house. They cleared a plot on that land with a stunning east facing view of the Vermont mountains. Andy constructed the foundation, had a house assembled, and built a long drive-way leading up to the house. In 2000, Andy, Tammy, Jake, and Jon moved from Grafton to their new home in Stillwater.

In 2001, Andy worked for Paradise Tree Farm, and in 2002, started at Curtis Lumber. These years were a further expansion of trades skills and experiences including landscaping and construction. Now that Andy had a home of his own with a lot of land around it, he started acquiring his own equipment.

After divorcing from Tammy, Andy was coaching Little League and one of the players on his team was young Garet Weismore. This was how Kathy met Andy. Their relationship started with coffee conversation and then more coffee conversation. For Garet, Andy was not just his coach, he was his father figure & mentor. In December 2006, Andy handed Kathy a "For Sale by Owner" sign and was instructed to put it on her lawn. Kathy obliged and moved to 115 Colonial Rd, bringing her sons with her, Getti and Garet, who were roughly the same age as Jake and Jon. Kathy's third son Michael was much older and was starting his own family with Tanya.

In 2008, an opportunity came for Andy to join Momentive Performance Materials Waterford plant, as they were transitioning from GE. Although initially just responsible for 1 building, Andy's responsibility rapidly expanded to multiple buildings. As he did in his community, at Momentive, Andy was always somebody you could call to get help anywhere in the plant, even when he was not supposed to. If anyone needed a hand with a problem, Andy would be there and fix it, even if it required him to make the part himself. Although Andy was known for his direct and colorful constructive feedback, everyone knew that everything he said was coming from his heart.

Andy loved food, but some food motivated him more than others: lobster & donuts. Many a Sunday, Andy made a trip to Cambridge to King's Bakery Donut Cart with Fred to stand in line for just 1 donut (or maybe 1 dozen).

As the years went by, his siblings had children and his boys started their own families. Andy was blessed with nieces and nephews: Harley, Marley, Jackie, JC, Garrett, Jaxon. Andy was blessed with grandkids; Ava, Ali, Chase, Tessa, Kaia, and Gia. Andy even had grandkids who adopted him, like Cohen who spends most days at the farm.

Andy was always encouraging and wanted them to succeed. He was a great role model and they knew he loved them. Andy loved to play sports with them, take them fishing, and give them the life skills that they needed to survive. If any of them showed an interest in trying something new, Andy would stop and say let's go do it now. The implication of all this was that Andy struggled with time management. If he said 5 minutes, it could mean 6 hours.

Andy has always had many pets involved in his life, primarily dogs, horses, and ducks: Casper, Duke, Mink, Suki, Bear, Holley, Jasmine, Birdie, April, Buster, Dakota, Smokey, and of course Izzy.

Over the past 6 years, Andy has had significant health challenges to overcome. 3 heart attacks, leukemia first, and then both lymphoma and leukemia at the same time. In his final months, his leukemia transformed again into a more dangerous form which together with pneumonia and an enlarged spleen, were in the end too much for his body to endure.

He is no longer in pain and has moved to the next chapter in his journey. We imagine him catching up with his brothers Daniel and Erik, his father, and other family and friends who predeceased him. Rest in peace, Andy. You are so loved.

Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com