Cecil Loren Landers

1923 - 1963  (40 years)

• Name	Cecil Loren Landers  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	3 Apr 1923	Mound City, Linn, Kansas   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1963	Vashon, King, Washington   [1, 3]
  Burial	Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, King, Washington   [3]
  Person ID	I345850	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Melvin Francis Landers,   b. 12 Jul 1902, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri d. 18 Nov 1986, Dresden, Pettis, Missouri (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ada Grace Smith,   b. 10 Nov 1901, Missouri d. Aug 1982 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1921  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F221355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elinor ...,   b. 1916   d. 16 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 47 years)
  Children	1. Michael Landers,   b. 1953   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 10 years)   2. Kathleen Landers,   b. 1951   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 12 years)   3. Theresa Landers,   b. 1955   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 8 years)   4. William Landers,   b. 1962   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 1 year)   5. Beverly Landers,   b. 1960   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 3 years)   6. Patricia Landers,   b. 1958   d. 12 Jun 1963, Vashon, King, Washington (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F221389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  On Find-a-grave Provided by Susan Welcher At Holyrood, buried in Section G, is the Landers Family. They were a family of six kids and two parents who died in a fire on Vashon Island in 1963. They had just moved to Washington from Illinois the previous year. He was a grocer in a local store, she was a stay at home mom. One of the girls was just a few days shy of her first communion. The father was working on the heater in the home and the mother just happened to be behind him when it exploded. It threw her out of the home, where she was able to crawl to the family car and honk the horn until help came. Once help got there, she said, "its just too late" as her whole home, kids and husband inside, burned to the ground. She was taken to Harborview Burn Unit. She stayed alive until her brothers (who came from Illinois) came and told her that the rest of the family had been buried in Catholic Burial Ground. She died shortly after the message. They had closed the kids' graves, but left the fathers open so she could be placed on top (they were all double interments). She was buried two days after the rest of her family. I believe the youngest was less than a year old, both parents were younger than 40.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77885] Obituary, Tribute Archive, Kenneth Melvin Landers. [S23286] Draft registration WWII (Reliability: 3). Name Cecil Loren Landers Gender Male Race White Age 19 Relationship to Draftee Self (Head) Birth Date 3 Mar 1923 Birth Place Mound City, Kansas, USA Residence Place Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Registration Date 29 Jun 1942 Registration Place Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Employer J C Penney Co Height 5 7 Weight 145 Complexion Ruddy Hair Color Brown Eye Color Brown Next of Kin Ada Landers [S76598] Cemetery index, Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, King, Washington, (Find-a-Grave). [S40886] 1930 census, Missouri, Pettis county, Year: 1930; Census Place: Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0024 (Reliability: 3). [S67176] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (Reliability: 3). Name Ada Grace Smith [Ada Grace Holmes] Gender Female Residence Place Prescott Residence Place 2 Jyiue Mound Residence Place 3 Mound City Marriage Date 9 Mar 1921 Spouse Melvin Francis Landers