Betty Lee (Brooks) & Vernon Leon Landes
© Dennis Wilson |
Obit for Vernon posted by Ann Weber
Jun 26,1929 - Mar 17, 2018
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BARTLESVILLE EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Mar. 21 to Apr. 20, 2018
Funeral services for Vernon Leon Landes are 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 23, 2018 at First Church of God in Nowata, Oklahoma with Pastor Wendell Abbott officiating.
Interment
will follow at Nowata Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Vernon Leon Landes, 88, passed away
Saturday, March 17th, 2018 at his home in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born June
26th, 1929 in Lucien, OK, to Walter and
Hazel (Snyder) Landes. He grew up in Watova,
Oklahoma, then he went to serve his country
in the U.S. Army. After being discharged
from the Army he moved to Bartlesville,
Oklahoma where he was employed at, Philips
Petroleum Co. Research Center as a
maintenance supervisor in the oil and gas
field. He married Betty Lee Brooks, December
25, 1949 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Vernon
enjoyed his position as the family eldest.
He was a Good Sam Camping Club Member, there
wasn't a time he didn't want to go camping
and he loved being outdoors. He was an avid
donor with Red Cross Blood Drives in which
he has donated over thirty gallons of blood
in his life time. He was an active member at
the First Church of God in Nowata, Oklahoma.
He really was fond of John Deere tractors,
especially when they were running. After
Betty passed away he later married Una Belle
(Ireland) Landes. Vernon loved his family
and friends.
Vernon is survived by his three children;
Sharon Justus and her husband (Robert) of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Brenda Morrison and
her husband (John) of Carthage, Missouri and
Donna Mickelson, and her husband (Kurtis) of
Falkville, Alabama, and his five
step-children Marcia Munkirs and husband
Paul of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Dale Lein
and wife Kaye of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
Neal Lein and wife Cindy of Casper, Wyoming,
Kelvin Lein and wife Robyn of Omaha,
Nebraska, Janeice Lynch and husband Troy of
Newcastle, Wyoming; Two sisters; Martelle
Hemphill of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Waldeen
Harper and her husband (Percy) of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma and one brother
Kenneth Landes and his wife (Drue) of Minco,
Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; thirteen
great- grandchildren and many other
relatives and a host of friends.
Vernon is preceded in death by his parents
Walter and Hazel (Snyder) Landes; One
brother; Marion Landes and One sister, Cleta
Mae Moomaw.
Vernon will be missed by all who knew him.
Online condolences may be left at
www.honoringmemories.com. Arrangements
have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral
Service.
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