Joseph Landy passed away Jan. 25, 2025 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. He was born in 1937 in Jamestown, NY, son of Michael and Genoveffa DelVecchio Landy. He grew up in a time when many Italian immigrants faced discrimination in the United States but managed to overcome the prejudice and to thrive within his lifetime.
During high school, one of his proudest achievements was being able to attend Carson Long Military Academy. Joe had a life-long love affair with woodworking throughout his life and utilized Old World techniques his father taught him. Construction fascinated him. He worked his way up from a laborer to construction management. Some highlights of his construction career include work on the Sears Tower, the Vatican Pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, and Water Tower Place in Chicago, to name a few. Always the entrepreneur, he started several businesses during his career, the last being Trinity Manufacturing in Shepherdstown, WV. He loved cooking Italian cuisine and enjoyed sharing food with family and friends. Joe found great joy in talking with granddaughter Stevie during his last year of life. Joe’s faith and relationship with God remained strong during his lifetime.
Joe is survived by his wife Diane; stepdaughter Alexia Everett (Christian); daughter Linda Haley and son Joseph Landy from a previous relationship; and sisters-in-law Cheryl Mays and Barbara Nickum. He is preceded in death by his parents, his son Michael Landy (sibling to daughter Linda and son Joseph); three sisters: Mary Mistretta, Teresa Barnes, and Antoinette Patulo; brother, Dominic Landy; brother-in-law David Blair Mays, and sister-in-law Linda Copen-Wohleber.
Plagued with many health issues throughout his life, Joe wanted to donate his body to science. His body has been sent to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and his ashes will be interred in a Memorial Vault in Rosewood Cemetery Mausoleum in Lewisburg.
A Celebration of Joseph Landy’s Life will be held at the Landy home on Sunday, Apr. 13, 2025, at 2 p.m. Anyone who loved and knew Joe is welcome to come.
