Elmer Albert Landreth 
Elmer Albert was born on January 8th, 1892 in Cloud County, Kansas.1 He died at the age of 89 on December 22nd, 1981 in Inn-Conneaut Health Center, Ashtabula, Ohio. He was buried on December 24th, 1981 in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ohio.2 General Notes
OBITUARY-
Funeral services for Elmer A. Landreth will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ducro & Son Funeral Home in Ashtabula. The Rev. Glenn F. Lockard, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. VFW Post 943 will conduct memorial services at the funeral home at 8:45 p.m.
Ashtabula County United Veterans Council will conduct full military rites at the gravesite.
Mr. Landreth was born Jan 8, 1892 in Cloud County, Kansas and has lived in Ashtabula for the past 59 years. He married Leoti Dunsworth, Aug 22, 1922.
He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U.S. Army in the famed 42nd "Rainbow" Division, 166th Ohio Infantry. Mr. Landreth participated in several campaigns on the Western Front and with the occupation of Germany.
He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in the "old" Main Post Office, retiring in 1971.
Mr. Landreth was a member of the First United Methodist Church and VFW Post 943.
Survivors include his wife, Leoti at home; one daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Emily) Whitacre of Ashtabula; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one grandsn, Donald Whitacre; one sister; and two brothers.
Mr. Landreth, 89, of 815 W. 49th St., died Tuesday morning in Inn-Conneaut Health Center following several weeks of illness.
Notes by Doris I. Luoma, 24 Jul 2000-
Elmer was born 8 Jan 1892, and died 22 Dec 1981, age 89. He died exactly 1 year to the day after Donald Whitacre, his Grandson, died. Leoti came to Ashtabula in 1922. They lived in 111 Walnut Street in 1926. In 1934, at 725 Thayer Ave. In 1937 thru 1941, Elmer was a janitor at the Post Office and they lived at 4134 Park Ave., 5419 Main Ave., and 720 West 58th St. In 1943 and 1944, he worked on the New York Central RR as a fireman and a brakeman, and they lived at 4906 Jefferson Ave. From 1946 thru 1950, he was back at the Post Office, where he retired from. They moved to a house on West 49th, that they bought and lived there until their death. She sold Stanley Home Products for many years.
Elmer Albert and Leota Maude were married in a religious ceremony on August 22nd, 1922. They had a daughter named Living.
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