Robert G. "Bob" Landis, 90, died November 6, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 22, 1919 at McPherson, Kansas, the son of Frederick M. and Belle J. (Johnson) Landis. He married Betty J. Wilson in May, 1941. She died in November, 1952. He then married Minnie L. Pinkston March 20, 1954. Mr. Landis worked as parts manager at Murdy Motors for many years, Essex of Hoisington, in the sporting goods department at Wal-mart, and at the Town and Country Supermarket in Hoisington. He had been a Hoisington resident since 1961, coming from southeast Kansas. Mr. Landis was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, attaining the rank of sergeant. Mr. Landis was a former member of Vine United Methodist Church. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, former president of the Hoisington Little League for many years, was a member of VFW Post #7428, and American Legion Post #286; and he volunteered as Labor Day Parade organizer and with the Community Program, all of Hoisington. Survivors include his wife, Minnie; four sons: Lavell Embry, Newton, Kansas; Leon Embry and wife Judy, Wichita, Kansas; Larry Landis and wife Carlene, Manheim, Pennsylvania; and Layton Landis and wife Christy, Pratt, Kansas; two daughters: Gayle Crump and husband Mark, Wichita, Kansas; and Geneva Patton and husband Mike, Hoisington, Kansas; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; and seventeen great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter-in-law, Karen Embry; one brother, Eugene Landis; and two granddaughters, Lori Landis and Amanda Landis. A celebration of life will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, November 12, 2009 at First United Methodist Church, Hoisington. The Reverend Ralph Jarboe, Jr., will officiate. A service of prayer and remembrances will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home and from 9:30 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Memorials are requsted to Hoisington Little League or the Alzheimer's Association, in care of the funeral home.