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Private family services held for Leonard Landis


Private family services for Leonard Landis, age 71, of San Jose, California, were held on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Interment was in the Trail City Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home. Leonard passed away at his home in San Jose, California.
Leonard Edward Landis was born in Mobridge on Nov. 26, 1948, to Lenhard and Hilda (Raile) Landis. He attended school in the Mobridge Public School system. After school he delivered the Aberdeen American Newspaper in Mobridge on his bicycle to sometimes close to 100 customers.
He won an award for being the most outstanding paper boy in the area for the American News.
He worked at various jobs in the Mobridge area before moving to Vacaville, California, in 1981. There he worked for Arrow Glass and at Wendy’s.
In 1983 he moved to San Jose, California, and went to work for Valley Medical Hospital as a janitor, a job he held until 2008 at which time his health forced him to quit. Lenoard had many health issues since retirement.
He enjoyed cruising in his 2014 Challenger car, fishing whenever possible, and casino’s in Mobridge and Reno, Nevada.
He is survived by one sister, Donna (Richard) Keller; nieces, Tonya (Thane) Badger, Tammy Landis, Trish (Bill) Bublitz; nephew, Todd Landis; and many great-nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lenhard and Hilda Landis; brother, LeRoy Landis; and sister-in-law, Julie Landis; grandparents, John and Lena Landis, Fred and Eva Raile Raile and many aunts and uncles.

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