Lafayette – A Celebration of life will be held for Justin Roy Mueller, 35, at David Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, 2017, with Pastor Ben Davis presiding; Services will begin at 2:00 p.m.   Born July 27, 1981, in DeRidder, Louisiana, Justin died unexpectedly at home the morning of June 28th.  He graduated from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 2006 where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.  He graduated cum laude from the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, in 2009, where he was Assistant Editor of the Law Review.  He then passed the bar exam in both Texas and Louisiana.  Justin practiced law locally and regionally with Mueller, Merritt, & Heard, LLC in Lafayette. 

Justin is survived by his wife, Parul Shrivastava-Mueller, and her family; his son, Evan Caffery, age 2; his father, Frank Joseph Mueller, Sr.; his mother, Peggy Lee Snyder, and his stepmother, Cheryl Simon Mueller, all of Lafayette.  He is also survived by his siblings Shawna Siebenlist, Allison Baker, Bob Gibson, Marion Hackworth, Frank Mueller Jr., and their respective families. 

Justin was a man of rare character.  He was determined to find his own way in life regardless of anyone who dared try to give him advice.  He deliberately took the most difficult path to any goal and got there anyway. He chose his friends with great deliberation and was known to show his love through showers of vituperative abuse.  When he cussed you, you knew you were family.  He joined the Army National Guard and served a year in Iraq.  Though assigned to on-base support work, he volunteered for missions as a squad designated marksman.  Because that wasn’t risky enough, he allegedly built and operated a hooch distillery in the desert, but that was never legally proven.  In fact, he seldom saw a risk he didn’t think was worth taking.  He was intelligent, sophisticated, and cultured, but took great care not to let it show. 

He loved to fish, hunt, and commune with nature.  He was dedicated to the preservation of Cajun culture and taught himself to play the violin, banjo, harmonica, and anything else that could make noise.  He loved to work with his hands and hated injustice.  Most of all, he loved his family and friends.  He left us way too soon, but he understood how capricious life can be and knew that we would have his back in the event of his death.