Landes, Maria E.- Died peacefully at home 4/16/2013- wife of the late Joseph Landes, Mother of Peter (Janice) John (Laurie), grandmother of Valerie (James), Karen, Emily (Ethan), Dina (Jeff), Andrea (Peter), David, Diana. Great-grandmother of Benjamin and Alex. Her kind and elegant presence will be missed by all. Funeral services will be held 1 PM Thursday April 18, 2013 at the Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial Chapels Forest Hills Location Queens Boulevard at 76 Road, followed by interment at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing. For further information contact the funeral home at 718-263-7600.