Johnson County

Esther Elizabeth Zeller

 

 

 

WOMEN IN SERVICE

Miss Esther Elizabeth Zeller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zeller, will participate on a radio program to be heard at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon over radio station WHO, Des Moines. Miss Zeller, one of several young women who are making application in the enlistment of the WAVES, will be interviewed by Ensign Anne Dorsey of the WAVES procurement office in Des Moines.

Source: Iowa City Press Citizen, April 9, 1943

WOMEN IN SERVICE

Miss Esther Elizabeth Zeller will report to Hunter college in New York City May 17 for training with the WAVES. Miss Zeller, who has been employed by the statistical office of the University of Iowa, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zeller of North Liberty.

Source: Iowa City Press Citizen, May 14, 1943

Esther E. Zeller, Member of WAVES, N. Liberty Visitor

NORTH LIBERTY -- Esther E. Zeller, Spec 3/c a member of the WAVES stationed at Washington, D.C. arrived here Saturday for a visit until Wednesday in the parental Frank Zeller home and with her sister, Mrs. Roy Nichols and infant daughter Edina Elizabeth, of Swea City now at University hospital with other relatives and friends. Her brothers, Fred and Frank, Jr. now in the navy, will leave Thursday for the service.

Source: Iowa City Press Citizen, March 29, 1944

IN SERVICE

Esther E. Zeller, specialist second class in the WAVES, is now stationed in Washington, D.C. in the office of the vice chief of naval operations. A graduate of University high school, she entered service in May, 1943. She previously been employed in the registrar's office office of the university.

Specialist Zeller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zeller of North Liberty. Her twin brothers, Fred E. and Frank L. Zeller, both apprentice seamen in the navy, are taking V-12 training at Pocatello, Idaho.

Source: Iowa City Press Citizen, February 3, 1945 (photo included)