Gerald J. Langton
March 14, 1931-Nov. 21, 1998

NEWPORT — Gerald J. Lang-
ton, 67, of Newport, died at 12:30
p.m. Saturday in Wyandotte
General Hospital, Wyandotte.
He had been ill for one year, seri-
ously ill for
three months.

Friends may
call from 1 to 9
p.m. Monday in
the Ford Chapel
of the Allore-
Martenson
Funeral Home,
Rockwood, “
where a scrip- GERALD J.
ture service will LANGTON
be at 7:30.

Services will be at 9:15 a.m.
Tuesday in the funeral home fol-
lowed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at St. Charles Catholic
Church, Newport, of which he
was a member. The Rev. William
Tindall, pastor, will officiate and
burial will be in St. Charles
Cemetery.

Born March 14, 1931, in Exeter
Township, he was the son of
Martin and Margaret (Cum-
mings) Langton.

He married Betty J. Miracle on
Dec. 26, 1953. She died Aug. 18,
1954. He then married Charlotte
A. Chinavare on Nov. 5, 1955, at
St. Charles. She died Dec. 11,
1993.

He was employed 34 years asa
hi-lo driver at Benckiser Con-
sumer Products in Rockwood,
retiring in 1991.

He attended St. Charles Grade
School in Newport and was an

usher and a member of the Dads
Athletic Club at the church.

A Korean War veteran, he
served in the U.S. Navy from
Aug. 25, 1950, to June 18, 1954.

He was a member of the
Berlin Township Volunteer Fire
Station No. 1 in Newport; the
Newport Firefighters Associa-
tion; Rock of Gibraltar Post
4230, Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Fraternal Order of Eagles and
the American Legion post in
Trenton.

He enjoyed fishing, cooking
and gardening.

Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Robert (Darlene) Shown of
Carleton and Linda Langton
Hackworth of Erie, Pa.; one sis-
ter, Marlene Fowler of Monroe
and two grandchildren.

In addition to his two wives, he
was preceded in death by one
stepmother, Viola E. Ochs
Langston; newborn twin sons,
Herald and Gerald, and one
brother, William.

   

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