Epherham LeRoy Meisel

Enlistment January 15, 1918
Departure May 10, 1918, at Hoboken, New Jersey, on the Princess Matoika (ID-2290)
Residence Manning
Unit Company D, 47th Infantry
Rank Private
Service Number 557922
Departure July 16, 1919 at Brest, France
Arrival July 27, 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey on the U.S.S. Mobile
Discharge August 4, 1919

Epherham LeRoy Meisel Epherham LeRoy Meisel, 91, of Indianola, a retired farmer, died of a stroke Tuesday, March 18, 1986, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Overton Funeral Home.

Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.

Mr. Meisel was born in Carroll County, near Manning, Iowa, September 25, 1894, to Benjamin and Ola (William) Meisel, and had farmed in Warren and Marion Counties.

He was a Veteran of World War I.

Survivors include two sons, Earl of Colfax and Carl of Indianola; a sister, Ola Ress of Manning; a step-sister, Gretchen Maschmeyer of Encino, California, six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.