Saturday, January 17, 2009

Like Albert

As I have mentioned before, I have always read the obituaries. Even more so now that I work at a monument company.

This is the first one listed in today's Oakland Press and it caught my attention.

If we could all be like "Al".


LANGER, E. ALBERT AL ; formerly of W. Bloomfield; January 15, 2009; age 82. Husband of Barbara; father of Karen Langer of TN and Nancy (Steve) Heussner of Clarkston; Gramp of Brian (Krista) O Grady, Kevin (Vicki) O Grady, Amanda (Kim) Wilson; great grandpa of Kevin Albert, Kyle, Steven, Hunter; brother of Elsa Landry; step-father of Deborah (David) Lange, Kevin (MaryPat) Williams, Geoffrey (Kathryn Markakis) Williams, Stephen (Beth) Williams; also survived by 11 step-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his first wife Betty. Al was an entrepreneur. He loved the outdoors, especially his Double Eagle Ranch, Gladwin. He always had a positive attitude, saying everyday was the best day of his life. Funeral Service Monday 10 a.m. at the Lewis E. Wint & Son Funeral Home, Clarkston where friends may visit Sunday 3 to 7 p.m. Interment Lakeview Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Retrieving Independence Assistance Dogs or O.A.T.S. Online guest book www.wintfuneralhome.com

2 comments:

JJ said...

God bless Albert, an inspiration to us all!

Anonymous said...

If we could just take that little piece of advice how different things would be....