Harry âMikeâ Meixell, 92, of Gettysburg, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at SpiriTrust Lutheran Home, Gettysburg.
Born Jan. 30, 1928, in Newark, N.J., he was the son of the late Harry and Nellie (Mills) Meixell. He was the husband of Marilyn (Dahlstrom) Meixell, of Gettysburg, to whom he was married for 66 years.
Mike was a veteran of the United States Army spending 18 months between 1946 and 1948 assigned to the 20th Infantry Regiment in South Korea. He then attended Yale University but later graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in business administration.
He spent many years in banking in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., his last position in that area was as vice president in charge of branch operations for the Bank of Bethesda. He ended his banking career in 1986 as manager of the Fairfield office of the former Farmerâs Bank.