nationwide have holiday savings clubs with these type of savings accounts. Later life and death Landis had an ongoing illness in his early eighties. He was 85 years old when he died on September 28, 1960. His remains are interred at Westminster Cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Personal life Landis was married twice. His first wife was Helen R. Boyd, whom he married on October 12, 1905. After her death in 1932 he then married Mary Kirtley Lamberton in the summer of 1933. He had a son, Joseph Boyd Landis, and a daughter, Katherine Gorden Landis. Landis' granddaughter is the children's book writer Lois Lowry. References Citations Bibliography External links Merkel Landis at Find a Grave Merkel Landis "Civil War in Carlisle" Dickinson College biography of Merkel Landis (1875–1960) 1875 births 1960 deaths People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania Dickinson College alumni Dickinson School of Law alumni Businesspeople from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers