When Ralph settled back into civilian life, he secured a job as a ticket agent at the railroad office in Lancaster and lived on Main Street while Sarah stayed at home and took care of their two children, which they had soon after their marriage. By 1930, Ralph later worked as a manger for a meter parts company, which at that time lived with Sarah raising their children at 528 Fifth Avenue. Prior to 1938 the family relocated again to 341 King Street and Ralph worked as a clerk before he left to obtain a position with the Anchor Hocking Glass Company as a traffic assistant making an annual salary of $1,560 ($34,366.47 when adjusting to 2024’s dollars). The 1940 U.S. census, taken on April 10th, the Miesse household at 341 King Street was valued at $550 ($12,116.38 today).

Captain Ralph Miesse gave his only daughter, Sally, to prominent doctor in Lancaster, Dr. Arthur Van Gundy on Saturday, September 4, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Captain Miesse reflected back on his teenage years, before the War, and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of his class graduation along with his former classmates, just as they had gathered annually since then. Saturday evening, June 16, 1962, they gathered at the local Hotel Lancaster, built by his son-in-law, Dr. Van Gundy’s father, Mr. A. B. Van Gundy, back in 1940.

At the anniversary celebration Jessie E. (Halderman) Hyde gave the invocation and each classmate received a “small crystal rose bowl, inscribed in gold with the words Lancaster High School, Class of 1912.” As class president, Ralph presided as toastmaster during the event and welcomed everyone to the festivities and celebration. A prize was awarded to Anna Florence (Dickson) Acton, Ralph Acton’s wife, which included “note paper to write letters to her family,” for having sixteen grandchildren, the largest of everyone. Fifty-one members encompassed the graduating class of 1912, and as members pass away the class ensures to put memorials at their burials.

Tuesday, December 21, 1971, brought the passing of Captain Gabriel Ralph Miesse I, just after midnight at 12:15 at the Fairfield County Hospital. The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette published his obituary the following day and commemorated his life mentioning him as a member of the First United Methodist Church and the American Legion Post 11. The funeral services brought family and friends together to share in the mourning on Thursday, December 23rd where Reverend George W. Herd officiated the burial as Captian Miesse’s body remains interred at the Forest Rose cemetery.