Obituary and town notes from Elizabethtown
Joseph A Landis aged 62 dies at son Joseph Landis Jr. Oberlin near Harrisburg after diabetes. He managed Masonic Homes five years and lived with his son. Survived by four sons, three brothers, one sister. Funeral at Oberlin Mennonite church with burial at Mount Tunnel cemetery. Several local social items follow including farm talk, visits, reunions, and community events.
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Joseph A. Landis
Joseph A. Landis, Jr
Oberlin
Harrisburg
Mr. Landis
Masonic Homes
Mennonite
Harry
Lancaster
Joseph
Roy
Nanticoke
Paul
Pittsburgh
John
Henry
Manheim
Martin
Columbia
Kate Lehman
Deodate
Mount Tunnel
Albert Arnold
Richard
Albert, Jr
Susan Gruber
Ryde
Mifflin County
H. K. Ober
Farm Women Societies
Lancaster County
Christ Musser
Mt. Joy
Harry Lehn
Elizabethtown Society
Allen Hersh
Pauli Landis
Rebecca Landis
East Petersburg
Carrie Dennis
Mary
Nora
Margaret Drohan
Mary Belser
Hershey
C. V. Kinsey
C. E. Olrie
Reading
John Epler, Jr
High Street
Co. F. G. Boys’ Brigade
First Baptist Church of
Atlantic City
George Ebersole
Chester
E. B. Gise
Berwyn
A. L. Gise
Robert F. Fisher
F. C. Fisher
Citizens Training Camp
Camp Meade
Fisher
Paul Dorward
Samuel Zeager
Conewago
Heisey
Elizabethtown College
A. G. Heisey
I. G. Heisey
Anna M. Heisey
Chautauqua
Stoup
Levi Ebersole
Tleighoy
Elizabeth Brinser
Lancaster General Hospital
Lester Coble
Anna C. Miles
Civil Service
Klein Chocolate Company
Charles C. Madeira
United Brethren Church
Lykens
Neemi Shamper
C. E. Boughter
Sheldon R. Madeira
Laura G. Madeira
Henrietta Haueter
John E. Groh
Elizabethtown Water Company
Laura Stegemyer
York
Bainbridge
Garfield Shearer
Marietta
Adam Luckenbill
R. I. Young
Sue Landis
Middletown
Levi Rutherford
Daisy Brinser
Anna Glatacher
Mt. Gretna
Elmer Baum
Pauline
Palmyra
Mary A. Shaeffer
Isaac Shaeffer
Zion’s Children Church
Samuel Booser
Norman Meiskey
Anna Booser
Zion Church
J. G. Meyer
Local notes from Bachmansville and surroundings
Mr Stover and Palmyra workmen concreting for Phares Hein. Jacob Gall injured his back in a fall. Local residents and visitors from Deo, Campbelltown, Elizabethtown, Harrisburg, and Brooklyn attended family gatherings, funerals, and a lawn party at Amos Shearer’s. Reverend Allen Ruhl’s death and Mastersonville connections noted.
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Stover
Palmyra
Phares Hein
Jacob Gall
Samuel Hoffer
Deodate
Amos Shearer
Joseph Funbar
Brooklyn
Charles Shearer
Funbar
Emma Vetter
Lavina Walters
Campbelltown
Elias Booser
John F. Booser
Richard Kelley
Sadie Gish
Elizabethtown
John G. Longenecker
Jacob Gish
Anna Grubb
Middletown
Ben Grubb
Amos Gruber
Harry Balsbaugh
Harrisburg
Christian Heistand
Shaeffer
Mary Booser
United Zion's Church
Ilzabethtown
Allen Ruhl
Mastersonville
Ruhl
Edward McMullen
John Longenecker
James Kelley
Martha
Martha Shearer
Edith Garlin
Anna Offer
Ada Reider
Mary Enterline
Minnie Felker
Violet Baker
Stella Detweiler
Sinc Helatand
Wayne Brunner
Roy Brandt
James Shultz
Walter Dubbs
Earl Brubaker
John Newcomer
John Marburger
Mia
Christian Helstane
Rebeccq
Bertha
Mary
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Uruguay
Japan
Tokio
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