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01-18-2010 - Father of Alan Landay 1966

Posted Jan 17, 2010 @ 08:23 PM

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. â€” .Nathan Norton Landay, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died at the age of 97 on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.

He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Mildred Wayne Landay, as well as brother, Wilbur W. Landay, and sister, Edith R. Landay.
He is survived by four children, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Mr. Landay was born June 4, 1912, to Annetta H. Samolsky Landay and Abraham H. Landay in Washington, Pa. As children, he and his brother, Wilbur, assisted in the family shoe store. With goals towards medical school, he graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1935. However, hardship due to the Great Depression led him to involvement in New Deal funded programs where he met his lovely wife, a stenographer assigned to him to help transcribe his case reports.
He continued work in the New Deal until Army conscription in World War II. Following basic training, he was sent to graduate school at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., in preparation for his transfer to the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge. After marriage in October 1943, he was joined in Oak Ridge by his bride, Mildred W. Landay, and sister-in-law, Charlotte W. Wagner. In 1956, the couple bought the very first government cemesto home sold in Oak Ridge.
For over three decades he served as head of the Instrument Department at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, retiring in 1977. For many years he taught in the adult education night school in Oak Ridge. He served as a Boy Scout leader and was in charge of the Webelo Program for the troop sponsored by the Elks in Oak Ridge. He was known for his numerous catering activities for charity benefits in Oak Ridge. Following retirement, he served as a volunteer for the Oak Ridge Visitor's Bureau, telling the Oak Ridge story to guests and visitors around the world.
With his friend Mendel Maskewitz, he was a volunteer electrician and general repairman for his beloved synagogue, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge (JCOR.) Always the consummate host, he and his wife were known for entertaining international visitors to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at their home. For many months, he and his wife operated a Bed and Breakfast in their home in conjunction with the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville. Children are Jay Landay and spouse, Barbara Landay, of Atlanta, Alan Landay of Rockville, Md., Rebecca Landay Charles and spouse, George Charles II, of Oak Ridge, and Florence Gail Landay Moore and spouse, Gary Moore, of Pasadena, Calif. Grandchildren include Isaac Charles and spouse Andi Charles of Norton, Mass., Dyanna Charles of Brooklyn, N.Y., H. William Landay of Jacksonville, Fla., Annetta Landay of Tucson, Ariz., Jeremy Moore of Chicago, Ill., Anna Moore of Berkeley, Calif., and Ezekiel Charles of Oak Ridge; great-grandchild is Nathaniel Charles of Norton, Mass. He is also survived by sisters-in-law, Charlotte Wagner of Silver Spring, Md., Dorothy Landay of Washington, Pa., Lucy Wayne of Novi, Mich., Caryl Wayne of Merced, Calif.; and honorary daughter, Daisy Henry of Nashville, Tenn.
He will be greatly missed by children, grandchildren, great grandchild, and numerous nieces and nephews as well as cousins and the community he was part of for more than six and a half decades. The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Martin Funeral Home in Oak Ridge, with burial at Beth El Cemetery 1501 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge (JCOR), P.O. Box 5434, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 or the charity of one's choice.
Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

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