755th CARL EDWARD LANDMESSER-Obit

CARL EDWARD LANDMESSER, 73 of Macedonia, RR 2, Towanda went home to be

with the Lord Wednesday morning March 26, 1997 at the Sayre House, Sayre, Pa. Born
Jan. 28, 1924 in Powell, Pa. he was a son of the late Clarence Lewis and Ella Mae
Northup Landmesser. He attended the Powell School for eight years and was a graduate
of Towanda High School class of 1941. He then attended NYA School in Monroeton and
was a locomotive mechanic apprentice for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Sayre. He
entered the U.S. Army on March 8, 1943 and was honorably discharged from Co. A,
755th Railway Operating Battalion on Dec. 13, 1945. He received a good conduct medal,
European-African, Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with four bronze stars and the
WWII Victory Medal. Carl attained the rank of technician 5th grade and served in
combat in Northern France, the Rhine and Central Europe and Ardennes. Carl entered
the employ of Sylvania Electric Products in Towanda in May 1946 and worked as a
supervisor and later as senior technician in the T.V. Phosphors Dept. until his retirement
in Jan. 1986. He was a member of the French Asylum United Methodist Church for 47
years and very active in church affairs. Carl was an excellent and competent carpenter
and made many improvements in their home in Macedonia where they resided for 47
years. He loved his family, home, the outdoors, camping, hiking, gardening and
traveling. On Oct. 10, 1948 he married the former Helen Benjamin at the French Asylum
Methodist Church. Carl was a former member of the American Chemical Society,
Asylum Grange and the National Campers and Hikers Assoc. Surviving are his wife of
48 years, Helen Landmesser at home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Keith and Cheryl
R. Landmesser of North Rome, Lynne and Carol Landmesser of Rome; a daughter and
son-in-law, Karen and Gregory Friedman of Sayre; four grandchildren, Jared Lynne
Landmesser, Kristin Nicole Landmesser, Cortney Mrie Landmesser, Jennie Friedman,
step-grandchildren, Heidi and Mike Wooster, Nicole Priedman; two brothers and sisters-
in-law, Robert and Jean Landmesser of Powell, John Eldon and Bernice Landmesser of
Monroeton RR 1; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his
father, Clarence L. Landmesser on Sept. 20, 1955, his mother, Ella Mae Landmesser on
Feb. 23, 1995 and a brother, Clarence L. “Buddy” Landmesser in April of 1926. The
funeral service will be held Saturday, March 29, 1997 at 2 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen
Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa. with Pastor Michele Sommerville of the
French Asylum United Methodist Church officiating. The family will receive friends
Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in the
French Asylum Cemetery, French Asylum, Pa. with Towanda American Legion Post No.
42 according full military honors. The family suggests that memorials may be directed to
the Wysox Volunteer Fire Co., Box 2, Wysox, Pa. or to the French Asylum Methodist
Church in care of Jack Kilmer, RR 4, Box 202, Towanda, Pa. or to the charity or
organization of one’s own choice in Mr. Landmesser’s memory. –Towanda Daily
Review