1924
Lila
2006
Lila Langland
July 28, 1924 — April 7, 2006
Lila A. Langland, 81, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 11th at 2:00 pm at Glenwood Lutheran Church with Pastor Susan Debner officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood East Cemetery both in rural Decorah. Friends may call from 5:00 to 8:00 pm Monday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.
Lila Alvera Hagen Langland was born on July 28, 1924 on her parents farm in rural Waukon, the daughter of Albert and Luella (Blegen) Hagen. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church. Lila attended Lee country school and graduated from Waukon High School. On November 17, 1951 she married Richard Alexander Langland in Elgin, Illinois. Lila and Richard farmed in Glenwood Township where she enjoyed taking care of the chickens and raising flowers and vegetables in her garden.
Lila was a lifetime member of Glenwood Lutheran Church and it's ladies circles. She played the piano and also sang for church services, weddings and funerals for several years. Lila enjoyed spending time with her family and loved to cook and bake for them. She liked to follow her grandchildren's activities. She especially liked to listen to their basketball games on the radio and read about them in the newspaper.
Survivors include 4 children, Charlene (John) Loven of Decorah, IA, Cheryl (Brad) Freilinger of Monona, IA, Rick Langland and Kathy Langland both of Waukon, IA; 8 grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Richard who died in 1998; 3 brothers, Marlin and Norval Hagen and an infant brother.
Honorary casketbearers were Vernon and Helen Olson, Willard and Eloise Orvella, Philip Storla, Viola Ellingson, Edna Prestsater, Kenny and Carol Nesvik, Wayne and Mary Lou Leidahl, Dick and Ruth McKernan, Roger and Doris Darrington. Casketbearers were Danny Leidahl, John Loven, Kenny Hougen, Brad Freilinger, Brent Mohs and Chuck Langland.
Lila Alvera Hagen Langland was born on July 28, 1924 on her parents farm in rural Waukon, the daughter of Albert and Luella (Blegen) Hagen. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church. Lila attended Lee country school and graduated from Waukon High School. On November 17, 1951 she married Richard Alexander Langland in Elgin, Illinois. Lila and Richard farmed in Glenwood Township where she enjoyed taking care of the chickens and raising flowers and vegetables in her garden.
Lila was a lifetime member of Glenwood Lutheran Church and it's ladies circles. She played the piano and also sang for church services, weddings and funerals for several years. Lila enjoyed spending time with her family and loved to cook and bake for them. She liked to follow her grandchildren's activities. She especially liked to listen to their basketball games on the radio and read about them in the newspaper.
Survivors include 4 children, Charlene (John) Loven of Decorah, IA, Cheryl (Brad) Freilinger of Monona, IA, Rick Langland and Kathy Langland both of Waukon, IA; 8 grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Richard who died in 1998; 3 brothers, Marlin and Norval Hagen and an infant brother.
Honorary casketbearers were Vernon and Helen Olson, Willard and Eloise Orvella, Philip Storla, Viola Ellingson, Edna Prestsater, Kenny and Carol Nesvik, Wayne and Mary Lou Leidahl, Dick and Ruth McKernan, Roger and Doris Darrington. Casketbearers were Danny Leidahl, John Loven, Kenny Hougen, Brad Freilinger, Brent Mohs and Chuck Langland.
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