He relocated to Upstate NY in 1945
He was very active in his community serving in the Carlisle Fire Department and Rescue Squad (twice as Fire Chief), town justice, councilman, assessor, republican party and committeeman, and Boy Scout/Webelo troop leader.
Graduated from Union College Schenectady NY, worked for General Electric for 26 yrs until he retired in 1982
Veteran - served as a Sergeant in the US Army from 1958-1962, including a tour in Garmisch Germany.
He received a presidential award in 1964 for exemplary community service from Ronald Reagan in recognition of his heroism for rescuing explorers trapped in an underground cave during a flash flood
Survived by his wife of 57 years; a son and daughter-in-law; a daughter and son-in-law; 4 grandsons and 5 granddaughters and their families; a great-granddaughter; 2 sisters and 1 brother
Predeceased by his siblings Beatrice Wissenbach, Betty Humphrey, and William Barber
Langan Funeral Home, Schoharie and the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home of Cobleskil
(Information extracted from full obituary published in The Daily Gazette on Sept. 7, 2018)
He was very active in his community serving in the Carlisle Fire Department and Rescue Squad (twice as Fire Chief), town justice, councilman, assessor, republican party and committeeman, and Boy Scout/Webelo troop leader.
Graduated from Union College Schenectady NY, worked for General Electric for 26 yrs until he retired in 1982
Veteran - served as a Sergeant in the US Army from 1958-1962, including a tour in Garmisch Germany.
He received a presidential award in 1964 for exemplary community service from Ronald Reagan in recognition of his heroism for rescuing explorers trapped in an underground cave during a flash flood
Survived by his wife of 57 years; a son and daughter-in-law; a daughter and son-in-law; 4 grandsons and 5 granddaughters and their families; a great-granddaughter; 2 sisters and 1 brother
Predeceased by his siblings Beatrice Wissenbach, Betty Humphrey, and William Barber
Langan Funeral Home, Schoharie and the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home of Cobleskil
(Information extracted from full obituary published in The Daily Gazette on Sept. 7, 2018)
He relocated to Upstate NY in 1945
He was very active in his community serving in the Carlisle Fire Department and Rescue Squad (twice as Fire Chief), town justice, councilman, assessor, republican party and committeeman, and Boy Scout/Webelo troop leader.
Graduated from Union College Schenectady NY, worked for General Electric for 26 yrs until he retired in 1982
Veteran - served as a Sergeant in the US Army from 1958-1962, including a tour in Garmisch Germany.
He received a presidential award in 1964 for exemplary community service from Ronald Reagan in recognition of his heroism for rescuing explorers trapped in an underground cave during a flash flood
Survived by his wife of 57 years; a son and daughter-in-law; a daughter and son-in-law; 4 grandsons and 5 granddaughters and their families; a great-granddaughter; 2 sisters and 1 brother
Predeceased by his siblings Beatrice Wissenbach, Betty Humphrey, and William Barber
Langan Funeral Home, Schoharie and the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home of Cobleskil
(Information extracted from full obituary published in The Daily Gazette on Sept. 7, 2018)
He was very active in his community serving in the Carlisle Fire Department and Rescue Squad (twice as Fire Chief), town justice, councilman, assessor, republican party and committeeman, and Boy Scout/Webelo troop leader.
Graduated from Union College Schenectady NY, worked for General Electric for 26 yrs until he retired in 1982
Veteran - served as a Sergeant in the US Army from 1958-1962, including a tour in Garmisch Germany.
He received a presidential award in 1964 for exemplary community service from Ronald Reagan in recognition of his heroism for rescuing explorers trapped in an underground cave during a flash flood
Survived by his wife of 57 years; a son and daughter-in-law; a daughter and son-in-law; 4 grandsons and 5 granddaughters and their families; a great-granddaughter; 2 sisters and 1 brother
Predeceased by his siblings Beatrice Wissenbach, Betty Humphrey, and William Barber
Langan Funeral Home, Schoharie and the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home of Cobleskil
(Information extracted from full obituary published in The Daily Gazette on Sept. 7, 2018)
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