Ethel B. Landis

Ethel B. Landis (nee Brubaker), 90, Rockford, formerly of Edina, MN and Camp Hill, PA, passed away peacefully on December 8, 2015, at Wesley Willows Health Center. She was born January 11, 1925, in Lancaster, PA, the 8th child of 11 children of Andrew Landis Brubaker and Vernetta Eshelman Brubaker. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert H. Landis, on June 1, 1947. Together they had 3 children, David (Jane) Landis of St. Louis, MO, Barbara (Mark) Huffman of Rockford, IL and Jennifer (James) Broden of Appleton, WI. Ethel was a devoted wife and mother and engaged in many civic activities throughout her marriage. She enjoyed painting and other folk arts, collecting antiques, was a bridge Life Master, a member of PEO, and a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Rockford. Ethel and Bob traveled the world in retirement and she always enjoyed learning of new places and peoples. Ethel is survived by Barbara and Mark Huffman and their children, Landis (Kristina) Huffman and Bristol Huffman; Jennifer and James Broden; daughter-in-law, Jane Landis and children of David and Jane Landis: Frances Landis and Charles Landis; sister, Shirley Nolt of Leola, PA, and numerous nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her husband, Robert, her son David, and by nine of her sisters and brothers.
Memorial service will be held and 10:00 A.M., Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 N. Church St. Rockford. Ethel's and Robert’s cremated remains will be inurned together in St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, MN. Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory assisted the family. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Share online condolences at www.fitzgeraldfh.com.