I can not believe the responses I have gotten..I want to thank everyone for being so helpful. it means alot. Okay. I have already gotten his social security application..(mainly to see who his parents were.) His full name was : David William Landis b. May 19, 1909 in Belton Missouri d. October 1958 Liberty Missouri m&d Ruth E. Pritchard of Columbus Ohio (Together they had my mother, not sure of other siblings) David's father: George Wiseman Landis his mother: Mary Alberta Elwell (she went by Alberta) (Odd thing about Ruth (his wife), her STEP-grandmother (Ida Butterworth) married a man from Columbus named William Landis, we have wondered if they were related and that was how Ruth and David met...possible...) I only found out this weekend where he was living at the time of his death so I haven't had a chance to get an obit..being as there are 3 Liberty's in 3 counties I thought I would narrow down the search a little to do a search in those counties. and try to find a date for his death as well. David lived in 3 states that I know of so far: Ohio, Kansas and Missouri. At one time he was staying with his brother in Kansas before moving to Missouri. This is about all I have right now. And once again thank you EVERYONE for helping me I really appreciate it and can see some team work going on with the list,,,which is awesome. If I can help any of you here in Tennessee please let me know. Stacie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Terry" <[email protected]> To: "Stacie" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [MO] Landis > 1958 > Liberty > Please Help..... > Stacie, > > We will be very little help without his name. > You need to give us more details for someone to help you. > Give us all the information that you have, name, dob, etc. > Are we talking about Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, which > is just northwest of Kansas City? Is Landis the last name, if so > I have Landes in my family tree from around Daviess County, Mo, > which is not that far away. > > One thing that I would do is call information and get the phone > number for the local library, then call them. See if some can get you > a copy of his obituary, some of the time they do this free of charge. > > Also get the phone number for the local funeral home in that town, > more than likely they handled the arrangements for the funeral, > they can tell you where he is buried. > They will give you the information if you are family. > Have you looked for him in the Social Security Death index? > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > > This has many website to search for Missouri and all other states. > You can get a copy of his death certificate of Vital records. > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/missouri/index.htm > > Hope this helps, > Sandy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stacie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:45 AM > Subject: [MO] Landis > 1958 > Liberty > Please Help..... > > > > I recieved a letter back yesterday about a query I had made about my > grandfather to the Social Security Administration. I had asked them if they > could at least let me know where he was living when he died and the date he > had died. I had already had the month and year. They answered back with his > last residence at the time of his death. > > I am hoping that some kind soul can help me out. > > They said he was living in Liberty at the time of his death in October > 1958, when looking for the county it came up with 3, Callaway, Clay and > McDonald. I am not sure which county he was in. > > My mother had never gotten to know her father as while she was a toddler > her maternal grandparents sent her away (this was during the depression), he > was out of state at the time looking for work. She is almost 70 now and > still hasn't been able to pay her respects to her parent as we have yet to > find where he is. (we found her mother, Columbus Ohio, a little to late, but > have paid our respects to her). > > (this is what started my genealogy bug, looking for my grandparents, > trying to reconnect with a family we had never gotten the chance to know.) > > I am hoping that someone out there on this internet highway can help me. I > really appreciate it and am willing to help others also... > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > Stacie > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A Christian should always remember that the value of his > > good works is not based on their number and excellence, > > but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things. > > ... 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