Muriel H. Landry

Muriel H. Landry, age 84 of Fairfield Township, passed into the hands of Our Lord on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. She was born in New York City on March 30, 1929 to Minnie (Thayer) and Joseph Marketto, and they preceded her in death. She was educated in the New York City public schools and received a BA Degree from the city’s Hunter College. She became a flight stewardess for National Airlines, on the New York, Miami, Havana, and Gulf Coast routes. In 1951 she married Army Lt. Patrick H. Lynch who also preceded her in death. Muriel taught school in Virginia, Texas, New York and Ohio. She did graduate work at Cornell and Miami Universities, and was a certified school librarian for the Ross, Ohio schools before retiring in 1989. In 1963 at Cornwall, N.Y. she married Barney M. Landry. Muriel was a long time member of the AAUW, life member of the DAR (past regent of the John Reily Chapter), a member of the Ohio Chapter, DFPA, and a life member of the BCRTA. She is survived by her husband Barney of Fairfield Twp., and daughter Donna Landry MacLean of Chagford, England. Services, which are pending, will be in Albany, N.Y. with interment in nearby Westerlo Central Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the DAR, John Reily Chapter, c/o 1977 Rebecca Ridge Ln., Hamilton, OH 45013, or the Ohio Chapter, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, c/o 8111 N. Coolville Ridge Rd., Athens, OH 45701-9430.