Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Landon, Wayne Cecil August 4, 2019
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Hasting's Reminder - Sat. August 17, 2019

              WAYNE CECIL LANDON

FREEPORT,MI - Wayne Cecil Landon passed away on Aug. 4, 2019 surrounded by 
loving family. He was the youngest of eight children, born June 15,1932 in 
Carlton Center,Mich. to Cleon and Nina Landon.

Wayne grew up farming, with a desire for racing and stunt riding motorcycles by 
the age of 16 in 1947. In 1951, he met Ruth Moe, they married in 1952 where she 
then introduced him to auto racing.The following week, he had his very own Chevy 
stock car.

As years passed, he evolved into super modified and sprint car racing. Traveling 
over 2 million mies during his career, he had well over 300 feature wins to his 
credit.He was inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.In 
1992, he became the oldest sprint car rookie at age 60, He was a local legend 
racing on dirt and tarmac tracks into his late 70s.

Originally working in a factory, Wayne went on to start his own business doing 
body work in his basement.Eventually he built his very own machine shop and 
started building engines, prospering into a highly successful racing engineer 
for racers all over the U.S.

Wayne ws preceded in death by his daughter, Rita and sons, Terry and Jerry.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years,Ruth; daughters, Linda (Thaddeus) 
Jarkowski and Lorie VanLewen; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 
numerous nieces and nephews; many beloved friends, mentees and fans.He was the 
life of any party with his stories and jokes.

Wayne's Celebration of Life Memorial will be Sunday,Sept 8, 2019 at Fish 
Hatchery Park, from 1 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to 
his wife, Ruth Landon and/or to the Alzheimer's Association in his name.

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