Landis, Sarah Lehman (1862-1956)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Feb 9 p. 3

Birth date: 1862 Mar 1

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— Mrs. Sarah Landis, one of the oldest members of the Chester Mennonite Church of the Old Order Mennonites near Wooster, died Jan. 28 at the age of 93. A native of nearby Ashland County, she had lived in Wayne County since her marriage to William H. Landis in 1894.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Mar 8 p. 8

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MRS. SARAH LANDIS

Sarah (Lehman) Landis, widow of William H. Landis and daughter of the late John and Mary (Imhoff) Lehman, was born in Milton Twp., Ashland County, Ohio, on March 1,1862; died Jan. 28, 1956, at the age of 93 years, 10 months, 28 days. After their marriage in 1884 she came to Chester Twp., Wayne County, where she lived the greater part of her active life.

She was preceded in death by her husband on April 17, 1922. She and her sister Lydia went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Walter Martin, near Orrville, O. in 1941 where she remained until her death, her last illness being of short duration.

In early married life she and her husband became members of the Chester Mennonite Church, to which she remained faithful until death.

To this union were born two sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter, Mary, preceded her in death in 1905. Also a brother, Henry, of Ashland, O. preceded her. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, John of Wooster, Harry of Orrville, Ida Wenger of Wooster, and Emma Martin of Orrville; a sister Lydia, with whom she shared her household duties; two grandchildren, Maxine Witmer of Burton City, and Ross W. Landis of near Portland, Ore. Two grandchildren preceded her in death April 1929, namely Eileen Rose and Brooks Eugene, a son and daughter of Harry & Mary Landis. Also surviving her are four great-grandchildren, Janice, Daryle, Donna and Robert Witmer, and five nephews and a host of relatives and friends.

She was a kind and loving mother, a real example of patience, submission and sacrificial living. Although nearly blind for the last two years she did not complain but was always satisfied with her lot in life, expressing the desire to be in the will of the Lord. She was always willing to sacrifice her time and pleasure to care for the sick, doing it cheerfully and faithfully. She often spoke of how the Lord blessed her all these years.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 31, 1956 at 2:30 o'clock at the Chester Mennonite Church, in charge of Lewis Amstutz, Abram Good & Frank Nice. Interment was made in the adjourning cemetery.