Francis LaVern Messerly (April 21, 1914 – October 8, 1994) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1961 to 1965 and in the Iowa Senate 1965 to 1973. He died on October 8, 1994, in Cedar Falls, Iowa at age 80. References 1914 births 1994 deaths Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Republican Party Iowa state senators 20th-century American politicians