Wanda Landes was a Bluffton High School graduate
Bluffton native Wanda M. (Hochstettler) Landes, 88, died at Elderwood on Jan. 21, 2021, in Wheatfield, New York.
Wanda was born on Feb. 6, 1932, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Andrew A. and Esther S. Hochstettler. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1950 and then attended Moody Bible Institute. She married Howard J. Landes of Bluffton, on June 19, 1954.
Wanda is survived by her children and their families, Bruce and Roxanne Landes of Phoenix Arizona, Dean and Monica, Logan and his wife Lydia and Taylor Landes of Fountaintown, Indiana, and Alan and Vicki, Tiffany and Joshua Landes of Niagara Falls New York; and her siblings, Dale Hochstettler of Midland Michigan, and June (Hochstettler) Kliewer of Henderson Nebraska. She is preceded in death by her husband Rev. Howard J. Landes, daughter, Sandra Landes and grandson, Andrew Landes.
She was a pastor’s wife for over 40 years living in several communities including, Woodburn Indiana, New Castle Pennsylvania, Farmland Indiana, Farmer City Illinois, Marietta Ohio, Hollandale Minnesota, Pittsfield, New Hampshire, Lake View, New York and Berkey Ohio.
The couple retired to Sun City, Arizona, in 2002 and she resided there until moving to Wheatfield, New York in 2015.
Memorials may be designated to:
The Gideons International Processing Center
P.O. Box 97251
Washington, DC 20090-7251
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