Landes, Alice

LANDES

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/23/2021 at 11:39:25

Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard Schultz and Don L. Berry, The Record and Tribune Co., Indianola, Iowa, 1953, p.317

ALICE LANDES
Alice Landes, Avon representative since 1937, was born in Grand River, Iowa, March 24, 1887, the daughter of Robert Samuel and Susan Stella (Stanley) Landes. Miss Landes graduated from Lacona high school in 1906.
Miss Landes' grandparents, Chauncey W. and Nancy Brant (Miller) Stanley, came to Decatur County in a covered wagon in 1860. They lived in Decatur county until April, 1890, when they came to Lacona. While they lived in Decatur county, they organized a community church which eventually became a Methodist church. Mrs. Stanley was a Sunday school teacher, both were spiritualists and Miss Landes states that her grandfather was a very successful medium. Mr. Stanley was for years a purebred stock raiser in Lacona, having Poland China hogs, Clydesdale horses and Red Poll cattle. He also operated a dairy for 40 years.
Alice Landes' father, Robert Samuel Landes, was born in Bloomfield, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1862. He married Susan Stella Stanley in February, 1886. They lived in Decatur county, where Mr. Landes clerked in his father-in-law's store. They wereparents of two children: Alice and Effie, who died Sept. 6, 1927, leaving two little girls, born to her marriage to Thomas C. Wilkins. Following the death of Mrs. Landes, mother of Alice Landes, the family moved to the grandparents' home. Mr. Landes was a jeweler in Lacona from 1892 until he retired to his farm in 1914 where he lived until his death Dec. 13, 1942. In 1892 Mr. Landes married Martha Tabitha Rodgers and five children were born to this marriage: Gussie May, Mary Isabelle, Robert Samuel Jr., Helen Olive and Margaret. Alice Landes belongs to Rainbow Rebekah No. 277 and Woman's Society of Christian Service. Politically she is affiliated with the Democratic party. In her religious convictions she is a Methodist.