Landis, Fannie E. Coffman (1877-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 21 p. 6

Birth date: 1877

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— Mrs. Fannie Landis, a native of the Canton community, died May 15 at Lebanon, Oregon. The body was returned here and funeral services were announced for Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Mennonite Church near Canton, Rev. Charles Diener officiating. Mrs. Landis' husband, George B. Landis, died in 1928. She is survived by one daughter, three sons and three step-sons. A step-son, Melvin Landis, resides at Hesston.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Jun 11 p. 3

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— Mrs. Fannie E. Landis, 82, widow of J. C. Landis and a former teacher at Goshen College, died recently at Elkhart, Ind. She was a daughter of Rev. J. S. Coffman, one of the founders of Goshen College. Funeral services were held at the First United Evangelical Brethren Church in Elkhart, of which she was a member.

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Note; A biographical article was published in the November 21, 1957 issue of Mennonite Weekly Review, page 4 including a photo. Article title: "80-Year-Old Retired Teacher Founded Early Day Debating Society In Eastern Pennsylvania," photo caption: "Flowers are presented to Miss Fannie Landis by J. Rollin Cressman, managing editor of the Perkasie, Pa., "News-Herald," upon her retirement after nearly 50 years as a correspondent for the paper."