Linda Langer, 80, died on Feb. 6, 2026. Born on Sept. 19, 1945 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a graduate of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and earned a BA degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She worked in marketing for the Practicing Law Institute in New York City, moved to Princeton, New Jersey briefly, returning to New York City, working for Elsevier Publishing in marketing, including a year in the Elsevier Switzerland office.

She married Stephen Langer (who preceded her death) in 1982 continuing to live and work in marketing in New York City. Upon retirement, she and her husband moved to their house in upstate New York. She spent her final few years with her sister in Illinois.  She is survived by her sister Paula.

She loved New York City and upstate New York. She was smart, generous and loving, well-read, loved to travel, enjoyed entertaining family and friends, volunteered in her church food pantries and loved singing in school, church and the Berkshire Bach Society choirs.