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| Record Last Updated On:
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| Name: WALTER AUSTILL JR LANDIS |
| Death Date: OCT/25/2012 |
Interment Date:
OCT/29/2012 |
Birth Date: AUG/1/1921 |
| Age at Death: 91 |
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| Location at Death:
St Joseph, Missouri |
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his residence |
| Sex: M |
Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: CAUCASIAN |
| Occupation:OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ROUNDTREE FARM
LANDIS INVESTMENT COMPANY PARTNER |
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| Child of: Walter Landis & Lou Allyn Roundtree |
| Spouse of: Barbara Jo Ezzell |
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| Father of: Esther Landis George, Walter Landis III, Mary Landis McKnight, Lura Landis |
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Walter Austill Landis, Jr
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Walter Austill Landis, Jr
BIRTH 1 Aug 1921
DEATH 25 Oct 2012
BURIAL Mount Mora Cemetery Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
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MEMORIAL ID 99660112
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Walter Austill Landis, JR
1921-2012
Walter Austill Landis, JR, 91, Faucett, Missouri died Thursday, October 25, 2012 at his residence.
Walter Austill Landis, JR. was born August 1, 1921, the son of Walter and Lou Allyn (Roundtree) Landis; grandson of Captain John C. Landis, CSA; and great-grandson of Israel Landis, who owned Landis Saddlery, designing and manufacturing saddles, including the mochila for the Pony Express, and who was one of the founders of the Mount Mora Cemetery in St. Joseph.
Austill graduated from Central High School and St. Joseph Junior College. After serving in the Army, he owned and operated Roundtree Farm near Faucett, Missouri, a Missouri Century Farm owned by the family since 1837. He shared an office in the Corby Building for a number of years with his cousins, John and Garth Landis, both attorneys, and later in the Kirkpatrick Building as the principal for Landis Investment Company. Active in the community, he served on the Mid-Buchanan R-V school board and the county zoning commission. He was a member of the St. Joseph Optimist Club, American Legion Post #359, and Farm Bureau. He was the director of Buchanan County Planning and Zoning from 1983 to 2003, when he retired.
He married Barbara Jo Ezzell on June 2, 1956, at the Berming Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Taos, Missouri, near Faucett. He was a faithful Christian. They have four children: Esther (Kevin) George of Weatherby Lake, Missouri; Walter Landis III of Faucett, Missouri; Mary (Jeff) McKnight of Faucett; and Lura Landis (C.J. Kirby) of St. Joseph. Austill and Barbara have ten grandchildren: Jeffrey McKnight (Amber), Tyler McKnight (MacKenzie), Amanda Phillips, Leah Caroline George, Landis George, Jordan Austill Landis, Levi Landis, Walter Clancey Woodward, Bria Kirby, and Olivia Kirby; and four great-grandchildren: Madelyn Blanton, McKenna Phillips, Ella and Hailey McKnight. Cards may be sent to 1634 S.E. Taos Road, Faucett, Missouri 64448.
Services: 10:00 A.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Mount Mora Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sunday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. The family wishes to express its gratitude and appreciation to Hands of Hope Hospice and staff at Tender Care. |
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| Other Relatives in Plot: Landis family |
| Lot Owner: ISRAEL LANDIS |
| Lot Location: 23 |
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| Funeral Home: MEIERHOFFER |
| Funeral Home City/State: St Joseph, Missouri |
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