Page County IA Archives Obituaries.....Landers, George W. 1955
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Major George W. Landers
World Famous Band Leader
January 13, 1860 - July 4, 1955
Taps sounded Tuesday for a famous Clarindan, known as the dean of American
bandmasters and the father of Iowa band law. 
Major George W. Landers, 95, died at the Veterans hospital at Des Moines early
Tuesday morning. The beloved Major had been looking forward to the end of his
active life and made his own funeral arrangements. In accordance with his
wishes, a graveside service was conducted at the Clarinda Cemetery this Thursday
afternoon by the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The funeral party
met at the Foster-Harmon-Williams Mortuary and escorted the Major to the cemetery. 
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lucile Blanc of Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Mary
Perry of Iowa City and Mrs. Ruth Catrio of Boston, Mass.; two grandsons, Thomas
J. Duffield, vice-consul at Madrid, Spain, and James H. Blanc of Cambridge,
Mass.;  three great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Lillian Root of
Cincinnati, Iowa, died on Feb. 7, 1943. 
Until his recent illness, he still had that sturdy, stalwart poise reminiscent
of his military training, and a ready wit and constant good humor. For years his
rapid pace was familiar on Clarinda streets as he "marched" to and from the post
office, up and down the stairs of his business office. 
George Landers had a long, active musical career, coming up from a barefoot boy
on the shores of Lake Ontario in New York to a nationally known band leader.
Acquainted with many great band leaders throughout the nation, he was frequently
a special guest conductor at important band sessions in many places. But his
main career centered in Clarinda. 


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