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Saturday, February 15, 2025

RATHFON, Cora Landis (Lancaster PA)

Cora Landis RATHFON

IDENTIFIED AS: Cora Landis RATHFON
PHOTO TAKEN: unknown location, circa mid-1920s
PURCHASED: Feb 2025, Traditions Antiques Mall, Wildwood FL

This is Cora Becker Landis (27 Dec 1893 - 23 Jun 1984), a daughter of Milton Landis Landis (yes, that's correct) and Elizabeth Hostetter Becker. She was born in Pennsylvania and lived most of her life in the area of Lancaster PA.

Cora's father was a son of Christian Rohrer Landis and Hettie Shavely Landis (Landis was also her maiden name.) He was an auto mechanic for much of his life.

Cora's mother was a daughter of Christian Becker and Mary Hostetter.

In 1920, Cora married Jacob Baker RATHFON, a son of Amos K. Rathfon and Elmira C. Baker.



In 1975, The Rathfons celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary, which was announced in the Lancaster newspaper.


When her husband died in 1979, Cora relocated to Indianapolis, where her daughter Betty Dussinger lived and worked as a medical technician.



Cora died in 1984, a year after her daughter, and was buried in Lancaster, next to her husband.















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