Bernie Landis

Amick – Burnett Funeral Chapel

Scott City, Missouri

Chaffee, Oran, Benton

Bernie Landis

Bernadette Lorena Meyer Landis, 76 of Scott City, Missouri passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023 at her residence in the arms of her loving husband and surrounded by her children, grandchildren, son-in-law, future daughter-in-law and dog Tipper, after a long and courageous battle with stomach cancer.

She was born on December 14, 1946 “in a suitcase on the way to the hospital” in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She is the ninth child of fourteen born to Ben and Lorena Essner Meyer of Benton, Missouri.

Bernie was united in marriage to Wayne Landis on November 23, 1968 in Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Union County, Illinois and again on December 24, 1982 in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, Missouri.

Bernie was a 1964 graduate of Kelly High School in Scott County, Missouri.  She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, Missouri.  She and her husband Wayne were owner-operators for 30 years of The County Seat Café in Benton, Missouri where she was well known for her hospitality and home-made pies.  Her greatest enjoyments in life were family, family history, and family reunions.

Loving survivors include her husband, Wayne Landis of Scott City; daughter, Tracy (John) Carman; one son Jason (Mary Clubb) Landis; five grandchildren, Braden Carman, Landen Carman, Macy Carman, Lilyan Landis, and Clara Landis; also by her siblings, Marie (Carl) Rankin, Laverne (Anwar) Zubairi, Helen (John) Shreckenberg, Margie (Bob)Stull, Carolyn (Tom) Schumacher, Jane (Joe) Meyer, Tom (Peggy) Meyer, Charlie (Ronnie) Meyer, Eileen (Dwight) Gates, and Denise (Bob) Walton.

Besides her parents Ben and Lorena Meyer, she was preceded in death by her siblings Rita (Bill) Mansell, John (Ruth Ann) Meyer, and Gene (Kathy) Meyer.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. in the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.  Funeral mass will be conducted on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. in the St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Tom Wilk officiating.  Interment will follow in the Lightner Cemetery at Scott City.

Landis family would like to thank her many family, friends, and organizations for their support and prayers.  Special thanks to the staff of Southeast Hospice for keeping her comfortable pain free during her final days.