Hans Emanuel Geisler, M.D.

Hans Geisler, MD passed away on May 5, 2023 at the age of 88 years. Dr. Geisler was born in Ratibor, Germany in 1935 and emigrated to the United States in 1938. After growing up in St Marys, Ohio, he attended Xavier University and the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Following a residency in Indianapolis, Dr. Geisler completed a post-graduate fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Eventually, Dr. Geisler, his wife, Margaret Ann, and his then four children settled in Indianapolis where Dr. Geisler became an icon in the Indianapolis medical community as an obstetrician and gynecologist and an internationally recognized cancer surgeon. God graced Dr. and Mrs. Geisler with a fifth child after their move to Indianapolis. Dr. Geisler was a life-long, devoted Roman Catholic and spent enumerable hours and treasure supporting many charitable causes, including the Indianapolis Right to Life and the charitable endeavors of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Dr. Geisler also served his adopted country as a noncombat medic in the US Army National Guard. Dr. Geisler was preceded in eternal life by Margaret Ann (2013) and his eldest daughter Dorothy (2018). Dr. Geisler is survived by his daughters Kathy (Dave) Bergland and Suzanne (Frank) Niemiec, and his sons Steve (Poin Dy) Geisler and John (Kelly Manahan) Geisler together with a growing host of grandchildren and great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Holy Spirit at Geist Catholic Church, 10350 Glaser Way, Fishers, Indiana, on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM. Interment to follow at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Indianapolis. You are invited to visit the website www.leppertmortuary.com where you can share a memory of Hans or arrange a memorial contribution to support the ministry of the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Augustine’s Home for the Aged, 2345 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260.