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Esther <I>Kratz</I> Landis

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Esther Kratz Landis

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12 Mar 1994 (aged 94)
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Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Esther N. Landis, 95, of SoudertonMennonite Homes, formerly of Harleysville, died late Saturday morning, March 12, 1994 in the homes' skilled nursing unit, where she was a patient since 1987.

She was the widow of Samuel C. Landis, who died in May 1979. The couple was married 60 years.

Born (11/26/1898) in Skippack, she was a daughter of the late Sylvanus and Lizzie (Nyce) Kratz.

A resident of Maple Avenue, Harleysville, for more than 50 years, she and her husband entered the former Hatfield Mennonite Home, now known as Dock Meadows, in 1977. She lived there for 10 years.

Mrs. Landis assisted her husband in his retail store in the former Philadelphia Farmers' Market in Philadelphia and on his routes as a commission merchant, in the city's Germantown section for more than 50 years. She helped with preparing baked goods, butchering and sausage-making for the family business.

She was an active member of .the Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville, where she was involved in the sewing circle.

Funeral services were held Thursday, March 17 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Souderton Mennonite Homes. Interment followed in Salford Mennonite Cemetery.

Esther N. Landis, 95, of SoudertonMennonite Homes, formerly of Harleysville, died late Saturday morning, March 12, 1994 in the homes' skilled nursing unit, where she was a patient since 1987.

She was the widow of Samuel C. Landis, who died in May 1979. The couple was married 60 years.

Born (11/26/1898) in Skippack, she was a daughter of the late Sylvanus and Lizzie (Nyce) Kratz.

A resident of Maple Avenue, Harleysville, for more than 50 years, she and her husband entered the former Hatfield Mennonite Home, now known as Dock Meadows, in 1977. She lived there for 10 years.

Mrs. Landis assisted her husband in his retail store in the former Philadelphia Farmers' Market in Philadelphia and on his routes as a commission merchant, in the city's Germantown section for more than 50 years. She helped with preparing baked goods, butchering and sausage-making for the family business.

She was an active member of .the Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville, where she was involved in the sewing circle.

Funeral services were held Thursday, March 17 at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Souderton Mennonite Homes. Interment followed in Salford Mennonite Cemetery.



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  • Maintained by: Tom Myers
  • Originally Created by: budgross
  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57208157/esther-landis: accessed ), memorial page for Esther Kratz Landis (26 Nov 1899–12 Mar 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57208157, citing Lower Salford Mennonite Cemetery, Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).