Edward John Herman Paesler was born August 12, 1892, at. Arcadia, Iowa, and passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, June 9, 1938, after an illness of two years' duration.

His wife, the former Mrs. Katherine Jahn, preceded him in death in 1936. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Margaret Paesler, a brother, Gus, a sister, Mrs. Emil Ranniger, all of Manning, and another sister, Mrs. John Ranniger, of Springfield, Minnesota; two step-children, John Jahn, of Des Moines, and Mrs. Helen Pyle, of Canyon City, Colorado; his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Wunder of Manning.

His father, Herman Paesler, brother, Julius, and an infant brother preceded him in death.

He was a member of Emil Ewoldt Post No. 22, of the American Legion at Manning.

Comrades of the post acted as pallbearers and accorded him military honors.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. E.E. Zimmerman of Vail at the Ohde Funeral Home Saturday. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Martha Mae Schrum, Edna Peters, Herman Pahde, and Clifford "Bud" Johnson.

Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.

His sister, Mrs. John Ranniger, and family of Springfield, Minnesota, attended the services.