Chris BergJanuary 30, 2021Last Updated: January 30, 2021 Edward Henry Kielsmeier, Jr., 74, of Charles City, Iowa, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 14, 2021 at the 9th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Ed’s life will be held at Hauser Weishaar Funeral Home in Charles City from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Masks will be required and social distancing guidelines followed. Edward “Ed” Henry Kielsmeier, Jr. was born September 23, 1946 in Charles City, Iowa. He graduated from Charles City High School with the class of 1964. Immediately upon graduation, Ed attended school in Des Moines completing his training as an Operation Room Technician. Ed’s great love for his country propelled him to enlist in the United States Navy serving his country at home and abroad, and then later re-enlisting to serve his fellow enlistees at the Naval Hospital at Los Alamitos, California.