Landis F. Witmer1
M, #29559, b. 13 March 1908, d. 11 March 2002
Last Edited=12 Jan 2024
Landis F. Witmer was born on 13 March 1908.1 He married Sarah Ellen Farnsworth circa February 1928.1,2 Landis F. Witmer died on 11 March 2002, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 93.3
Newspaper obituary:
Landis F. Witmer
BERRYSBURG -- Landis F. Witmer, 93, of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, formerly of Berrysburg, died Monday in Harrisburg Hospital.
He was a retired farmer; a member of Stone Valley United Church of Christ, Dalmatia, and Reigle's Bible Fellowship, Millersburg RD 2; and enjoyed woodworking and gardening.
He was the widower of Sarah Farnsworth Witmer. Surviving are two sons, Sherwood A. and Stewart A. both of Berrysburg; four daughters, Pauline Gutshall of Harrisburg, Lucille Noecker of Northumberland, Violet Lewis of Cross Forks and Ruth Minnich of Elizabethville; 28 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Hoover Funeral Home, Millersburg. Burial will be in Stone Valley Cemetery, Dalmatia.
Memorial contributions may be made to Stone Valley Church, Hickory Corners, Dalmatia 17017, or Reigle's Bible Fellowship Church, RD 2, Route 25, Millersburg 17061.
The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), Tuesday, March 12, 2002, Page: B02.3
He was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.4
Newspaper obituary:
Landis F. Witmer
BERRYSBURG -- Landis F. Witmer, 93, of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, formerly of Berrysburg, died Monday in Harrisburg Hospital.
He was a retired farmer; a member of Stone Valley United Church of Christ, Dalmatia, and Reigle's Bible Fellowship, Millersburg RD 2; and enjoyed woodworking and gardening.
He was the widower of Sarah Farnsworth Witmer. Surviving are two sons, Sherwood A. and Stewart A. both of Berrysburg; four daughters, Pauline Gutshall of Harrisburg, Lucille Noecker of Northumberland, Violet Lewis of Cross Forks and Ruth Minnich of Elizabethville; 28 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Hoover Funeral Home, Millersburg. Burial will be in Stone Valley Cemetery, Dalmatia.
Memorial contributions may be made to Stone Valley Church, Hickory Corners, Dalmatia 17017, or Reigle's Bible Fellowship Church, RD 2, Route 25, Millersburg 17061.
The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), Tuesday, March 12, 2002, Page: B02.3
He was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.4
Children of Landis F. Witmer and Sarah Ellen Farnsworth
Citations
- [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
- [S107] Newspaper Article, "Marriage Licenses," Harrisburg Telegraph, January 31, 1928, Page 13. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed January 12, 2024).
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online obituary for Landis F. Witmer, The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), Tuesday, March 12, 2002, Page: B02, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115554793/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115554793/…
- [S107] Newspaper Article, "Leitzel-Witmer," Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 11 May 1950, Thu, Page 1.
- [S941] 1940 US Census, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03486; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 22-134; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
- [S1378] 1950 US Census, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1698; Page: 71; Enumeration District: 49-38; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…