Gene Langer

Eugene Frederick Langer (Gene) was born in El Paso, Wisconsin on March 15, 1931. He was raised on the Langer family farm in Ellsworth, WI until he was 17 years old.

He joined the Air Force and served in Washington at the Pentagon and at Patric Air Force Base in Florida during the Korean war and was honorably discharged after 3 years of service.

Gene met Jo Anne Grantham on a blind date at the Central Florida Fair. They were wed on April 18, 1953 and had 3 children: Fred, Pam, and Eric. He loved his family and was loved by many friends.

Gene was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Margaret Mary in Winter Park since 1964. In 1982 at the Billy Graham Crusade in Orlando, he accepted God's gift of salvation and the assurance of eternal life.

Gene has suffered from a combination of Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia for the last couple of years. His wife, Jo Anne died eight months ago and even in his challenged mental state we believe he missed her to the point of decline and began shutting down the last two weeks to join her.

We miss Dad / Grampa so much, yet rejoice in the fact that he no longer suffers and is with his Lord.

The memorial service will be held:

Friday, May 28, 2010 at 10:30 AM
at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church chapel
526 North Park Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
** Reception to follow **

NOTE: For those of you planning to come to the reception, please feel free to bring a story or memory to share.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the
Alzheimer's Resource Center
1506 Lake Highland Drive
Orlando, FL 32803

Thank all of you for you condolences and prayers.

Fred, Pam, Eric and families

Start the slide show below by pressing the arrow in the center of the picture. You can immediately pause the show so you can manually advance the pictures by clicking on the Pause button in the middle bottom area of the show.

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The song playing is Stardust (Glenn Miller Orchestra). This was one of Gene's favorite songs - he sang and whistled it around the house frequently when we (the kids) were young. . You can stop the music by pressing the Pause/Stop button on the control bar immediately above.

The poem below by an unknown author was a favorite of Gene's. He handed it to his best friend, Jon, at his wife's funeral in 2007. Poetically, it applies to Gene and Jo Anne as she did precede him by eight months.