Obit: Langfeldt, Erwin (1920 -1967)

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Surnames: Langfeldt,

----Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI)

Langfeldt, Erwin, Langfeldt (23 March 1920 – 20 July 1967)

Services were held on July 24, for Erwin E. Langfeldt, 47, at 10:30 a.m. at the Reardan Presbyterian Church, Reardan, Washington.

Mr. Langfeldt died on Thursday, July 20, from Multiple myeloma, a disease of the bone marrow. He died in the Spokane hospital.

Mr. Langfeldt was born on March 23, 1920 in Davenport, Iowa and was raised in Wisconsin. He served at Fairchild Air Force with the 92nd Operational Maintainance Squadron as a master sergeant until his retirement in May 1961. He then spent three years at Eastern Washington State College, earning his bachelor’s degree in education. He taught industrial arts at Lakeland Village since then.

Mr. Langfeldt was the first president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Cystis Fibrosis Research Foundation. A daughter, Myrna, a victim of the disease died last November.

In addition to his wife he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Langfeldt, Loyal, Wisconsin; two daughters, Pamela, at home, and Paula a student at EWSC; a son, Lynn, at home, three sisters, one who is Mrs. Ulysses Cain, Loyal, and three brothers, one who is Max Langfeldt, Loyal, Wisconsin.