Edward Harry Landon’s daughter, Marlys, was with him at her home when he passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He was 98. Ed was born in Chicago on November 25, 1914, to William Jay Landon and Mabel Henrietta (Kleeb) Landon. During Ed’s primary years the family moved to N. Montana where his dad worked on the RR, and another move to Aloha, Washington after his father accepted a position as an engineer with the RR.
The family eventually grew to include five children. They enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle until the Great Depression. As Ed recalled, “We went to Aberdeen one day to make a savings deposit, then went across the street for a hamburger. As we sat eating our lunch, we noticed a man beating on the doors of the bank, which had suddenly been locked.” They left their food, crossed the street and asked what was wrong. The man, standing dejectedly on the steps of the bank entrance, lamented, “My money. They took all my money.” Ed’s parents lost all their savings that day, and his father found himself unemployed shortly thereafter.