Gerald E. Lang

Gerald E. Lang, 90, of Meadville and a resident of Embassy of Park Avenue died there, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

He was born March 12, 1931 in Wayne Twp. Crawford County a son of Milton Edward and Elizabeth Anna Reese Lang.

He was a 1949 graduate of Randolph High School and served for 3 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 15 months of which was in Korea during the Korean War.  He was a member of Mt. Hope United Methodist Church, Cochranton Masonic Lodge #790, lifetime member of Black Ash Sportsman’s Club and VFW Post #2006.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping and skeet shooting.

He is survived by a son, Keith O. Lang (Victoria) of Billings, MT; a daughter, Glenda J. Beedle (Ed) of Lebanon, TN; a grandson, Toby M. Lang of Meadville; three granddaughters, Whitney N. Lang of Pahrump, NV, Kelly Wolford (Dave) of Lebanon, TN and Wendy Eadler of Key West, FL; four great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; a sister, Margaret Minnick of Meadville; three brothers, Milton E. Lang (Elaine), James F. Lang  and Gary Lang (Donna Lukich) all of Meadville and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by seven sisters, Rita Rolff, Carolyn Pavlik, Rose Stanford, Faye Culbertson, Lois Troutner, Marion Alexander and Lucille Bleasdale and two brothers, Robert Lang and Donald Heffern.

Visitation will be Tuesday, July 27, 2021 from 10-11 a.m. at the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, 581 Chestnut Street, Meadville.  The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Alice McClymonds, Pastor of Mt. Hope United Methodist Church, officiating and military honors provided by Huidekoper VFW Post #2006.  The service will be live streamed and is available at: https://my.gather.app/remember/gerald-lang

Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, Inc., 581 Chestnut Street, Meadville where memories and condolences may be shared at www.waidfuneralhome.net