James C. “Jim” Meler, age 87, of New Franklin, died Friday, January 4, 2019.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, at New Franklin United Methodist Church. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in New Franklin.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, at Markland-Yager Funeral Home in New Franklin.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital or the South Howard County Historical Association.

Survivors include his wife, Kay Meler, of New Franklin; his children, Dan Meler and wife, Chris, of Columbia, Kevin Moser and wife, Melissa, of Mokane, Bill Moser and wife, Kathy, of Bunceton, Tammy Schafer and husband, John, of Columbia, and Teresa Bennett, of Nashville, TN; grandchildren, Michael and Taylor Marvel, Ezra and Airilyn Schaefer, Jarrod Pound, Nicole Meler, Shelby and Austin Bennett, Chloe Moser, Will Linneman, Delaney and Samantha Moser; and his great-grandchildren, Alana Marvel, Daniel Pount and Madilyn Humphrey.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Velma Dinneen.