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Birthday

Betty Langer

Betty (Coady) Langer of Roots Crossing will celebrate her 95th birthday on Sept. 23.

She was born Sept. 23, 1921, in Bellwood, the daughter of William and Mildred (Longenecker) Coady.

She married Oliver G. Langer Jr. on Oct. 14, 1939. He died July 24, 2007.

She has four children: Judi Marks and Lynda Nimitz of Bellwood and Bonnie Haefner and Randy of La Mirada, Calif.

She has numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Mrs. Langer retired from the South Whittier School District in Whittier, Calif. She worked in the cafeteria at Loma Vista Elementary School as a baker and a cook.

She is a lifetime member of both the California School Employees Association and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Senior birthday announcements are published free of charge on the Community page for area residents celebrating their 85th birthday and above. Forms are available through the Announcement Forms link under the Life tab at www.altoonamirror.com.?For more information, call Brenda Carberry, community news coordinator, at 946-7459 or email community

@altoonamirror.com.

Birthday

Lilia Jane Sprankle of Altoona will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sept. 15.

She was born Sept. 15, 1926, in Altoona, the daughter of the late Costantino and Cristina Capone.

She was twice married, first to John Diehl, then to Harry Sprankle. Both are deceased.

She has two children, Sheila (Diehl) Hoffman who is deceased, and Lisa Diehl of Auburn,?W.Va. She has two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, four step-

grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sprankle retired from Bon Secours Hospital in 1985, where she was a nurse’s aide.

She is a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church and sang in the choir. She enjoys being with friends and family, playing Scrabble and working the daily celebrity cryptogram in the Altoona Mirror.

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