RAPID CITY- Muriel Luxem, 85, passed peacefully surrounded by her family, Sunday, September 30, 2012, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Muriel Jane was born February 6, 1927 in Renville, MN, the youngest daughter of George and Anna (Quast) Sausele. She married and moved to Rapid City Army Air Base in 1949. Muriel worked at the NCO Club and the Officers Club for several years. She was best known as the proprietor of The Good Eater Cafe, "Home of the Magic Gravy," in Rapid City, which she operated with her daughter, Jane, from 1978 until 1996. Muriel was a forerunner of her time as a single, working mother of five and then mother to her granddaughters, Lisa and Lana. She was a longtime active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. She is survived by her three sons: Tom (Kelli) Luxem, Rapid City, David (Cindy) Luxem, Box Elder and John (Deb) Luxem, Box Elder; daughter, Jane (Joe) Girard, Wakonda; ten grandchildren: Lisa Luxem and her fiancé, Rod McPherson, Nampa, Idaho; Lana Luxem and her fiancé, Jeff Wilson, Black Hawk; Vince, Wayne, Jason, Shelley, Mike, Cody, Tammi and Amy; great-grandchildren Naomi, Chandler, Landon, Mikael, Coltin, Carsyn, Kasey, Emily, Nicole, Emerson, Trae, Ian and Andrew; and great-grandson, Benjamin. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Marvel and Alice May; and her son, Larry. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 5, at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 6, at the Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Wilbur Holz officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City. A reception will follow the services at the cemetery at Trinity Lutheran Church. Friends, family, and her former customers are invited and encouraged to attend. Memorials have been established for the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House and the Trinity Lutheran Church Radio Memorial Fund.