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[[Oliver Moyer Landes]] was born in April of 1880 in PA in the Mennonite community. He His parents were Oliver Fretz Landes (1836-1917) and Elizabeth Geisinger Landes (1841-1910). They were married June 3, 1863. Oliver M. Landes married Annie M. Trauger on Nov. 1, 1902 in Bucks, PA. She Annie was born in 1885on July 22, 1884, the daughter of George (1839-1909) and Mary Meyers Trauger (1848-1932). At some juncture, they left the Mennonites for Pipersville Chapel, and eventually [[Grace Gospel Chapel, Plumsteadville, PA]]. They raised their children there:
* Edwin Trauger Landes (1904-1994) married Anna Kulp (1906-2001) on May 7, 1927. Anna was the daughter of Abraham L. (1868-1927) & Emma Jane Rohrer Kulp (1869-1952).
* Ida Kathryn Landes (b. 1927)
* Roland Trauger Landes (1928-1988) married Dorothy Stoudt (1930-1996)
Oliver died November 6, 1970, and his wife Annie died January 1, 1964. They are buried in the Deep Run Mennonite Church West Cemetery. Annie's parents are buried there as well.
===Sources===
* [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]<br />* Ruth Stiefler interview October 2018
