RAMESH B. PATEL

CHARLESTON -- Private funeral service for Ramesh Bhikubhai Patel of Charleston will be held today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m.

Patel, 43, died Sunday, May 7, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born June 17, 1951, in India, son of Bhikubhai and Ratanben B. Patel. He and his wife Gita were married May 8, 1969, at Charleston.

Patel was owner and manager of Economy and Comfort Inns at Charleston.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Jitendra and Nitin Patel; a daughter, Vaisu Patel, and his parents, all of Charleston.