Burial will follow in West Point Cemetery. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Father Dominic Young officiating. Monday, Jat Family and Friends Funeral Home of Wingate, with funeral services 11:00 a.m. He will be sorely missed by these and his many extended family members, in-laws, and friends. He is also survived by a brother, David Meihls (wife Kay) of Williamsport and sisters Janice Hershberger (husband Joe) of Hillsboro and Judy Richter (husband Ken) of Veedersburg. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Meihls of Lafayette sons, Aron Meihls (wife Sha) of West Point and Chad Meihls of Lafayette, grandchildren Hunter, Hayvn, Madison, and Jonathan. He was always known for doing things ‘his way’. Until the end, Donald continued to be upbeat and quite the joker, but wanted to make things easy for Barb. He was formerly a member of the Veedersburg Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite of Terre Haute. He was famous for his candy making, especially his peanut brittle. He loved talking to them in his Donald Duck voice. He would transport them in his yellow Jeep, the “mini bus” and supervised cucumber planting in the back yard. He was an assistant coach while his 2 boys were playing little league baseball. Every spring he eagerly looked forward to mushroom hunting. He enjoyed working with wood and creating specialty scroll work items for family and friends in his spare time. Anyone who knew him, knew Donald was an avid Green Bay Packer fan. He worked for Alcoa in Lafayette in the extrusion department for 30 years until his retirement in 2007. He referred to himself as a ‘pole jockey’ because as an electrician, he worked to keep landing strip and tarmac lighting in good repair. He graduated from Fountain Central High School and served in the Air Force Reserves at Grissom AFB. On August 18, 1973, Donald married Barbara Klutzke who has been the love of his life for 42 years. He was born October 21, 1951, in Covington, to the late Perry Milton and Elizabeth (Anders) Meihls Holland. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis following a valiant fight with cancer. Meihls, 64, of Lafayette, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at St.
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