Oliver G. Langer, Jr., age 88, of RD 2, Box 518, Tyrone died Tuesday morning, July 24, 2007 at 12:37 a.m. at the Altoona Center for Nursing Care.
\nHe was born October 24, 1919 in Altoona, son of the late Oliver G. and Charlotte (Roatch) Langer, Sr.
\nOn October 14, 1939 in Winchester, Virginia, he married Betty V. Coady who survives at home.
\nAlso surviving are three daughters, Judy Marks and Lynda Nimitz, both of Bellwood, Bonnie Haefner of LaMirada, California; a son Randy of LaMirada, California; sisters, Christine Swope of California, and Shirley Crostley, Deany Clapper, and Harriet Knotes, all of Altoona; brother, Lawrence of Altoona, 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
\nHe was preceded in death by a grandson, Terry.
\nHe retired as an electrician from the State of California Highway Department and was an Army POW during World War II.
\nHe enjoyed being a ham radio operator and spending time with his beloved cat \u2018Susie\u2019.
\nHe was a 32nd Degree Mason with the Tyrone Masonic Lodge No. 494 and a member of the South Whittier Lodge VFW.
\nHe was of the Protestant Faith.
\nFuneral service for Oliver Langer, Jr. will be Friday, July 27, 2007 at 10 a.m. at the Vincent J. Good Funeral Parlor, Bellwood with Pastor Robert Cottington officiating. Friends will be received Thursday, July 26 from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral parlor. Interment will be held at Blair Memorial Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oliver G. Langer, Jr., age 88, of RD 2, Box 518, Tyrone died Tuesday morning, July 24, 2007 at 12:37 a.m. at the Altoona Center for Nursing Care. He was born October 24, 1919 in Altoona, son of the late Oliver G. and Charlotte (Roatch) Langer, Sr. On October 14, 1939 in Winchester, Virginia, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}