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David Langstaff Obituary

LANGSTAFF David J., age 64 years of Fair Lawn on Sunday January 25, 2009. Beloved brother of Richard W. Langstaff, his wife Janet of Spring Lake, loving cousin of William Langstaff, and Michelle Langstaff, dear friend of Anita Cravelli of Wyckoff. Mr. Langstaff was born in Paterson and spent his entire life in Fair Lawn. David, a graduate of the University of Virginia, took Master's degrees from the University of Iowa and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He taught history at Ridgewood High School for 25 years, retiring in 1998. He was a parishioner of St. Anthony's RC Church, Hawthorne. Funeral service will begin at 12 noon on Thursday at the Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, 557 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne. Interment George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus. Visiting Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Anthony's R.C. Church 276 Diamond Bridge Ave, Hawthorne, NJ 07506. (browningforshay .com)

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Published by The Record/Herald News on Jan. 27, 2009.

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John K. Domville

January 27, 2009

David was a colleague and a mentor. When I came to teach at Ridgewood High School in 1980 I was awed and inspired by the knowledge, professionalism and the love of teaching history displayed by each and every member of the department and the school. If I have had any success in my life and career, it is because of people like David Langstaff. I thank him for making me a better person for having known him. He was a kind and gentle soul and will be greatly missed.

Janice Bakelaar Hill

January 27, 2009

Mr. Langstaff was one of the reasons I became an history major in college. He challenged you;made you think beyond just dates. History became the people who lived it. What an awesome teacher. I live in an antebellum home in North Carolina because history became so important to me. Thank you Mr. Langstaff for a lifelong love of our past.

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