Langer knew recipes for pleasing
Author(s): John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Date: August 21, 2005
From her youth as a farm girl in Portsmouth, Iowa, Mary M. Langer loved to cook. Langer, who died early Friday morning at the age of 82, turned that love into a successful career, working at Creighton University, Creighton Prep and The World-Herald's executive dining room before retiring in 1990.
Born Mary Margaret Leinen, she married John E. Langer in 1948.
Son Bill Langer remembers his mother as a versatile chef. "Whatever they wanted, she could cook."
Mary Langer had no official training, but she could handle any cuisine, her son said.
"She would experiment. It's all in the taste, and her taste was very good."
Retired World-Herald executive David Stern, who hired Langer, remembered her as a friendly person.
"She always had a smile and a kind word," he said.
Pat Tryon, who worked with Langer at The World-Herald, called her "one of the greatest cooks there ever was."
"Her soups and rolls were absolutely perfect. But she could cook anything," Tryon said.
Langer worked briefly as a sales clerk at Sears before taking her first professional cooking job, at Creighton University. She spent a total of 10 years at the World-Herald, also working in the cafeteria at Creighton Prep.
Langer also was a talented piano player. She taught herself to play by ear.
"She loved ragtime," Bill Langer said. She often played on weekends at Bill Bailey's or Shakey's Pizza in Omaha.
Langer is survived by her husband; the couple's six children, all of Omaha: sons Stephen, John M., and William; and daughters Jacqueline French, Marguerite Langer and Diane Conway; nine grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Langer died at home of ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 6905 Blondo St.
Author(s): John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Date: August 21, 2005
From her youth as a farm girl in Portsmouth, Iowa, Mary M. Langer loved to cook. Langer, who died early Friday morning at the age of 82, turned that love into a successful career, working at Creighton University, Creighton Prep and The World-Herald's executive dining room before retiring in 1990.
Born Mary Margaret Leinen, she married John E. Langer in 1948.
Son Bill Langer remembers his mother as a versatile chef. "Whatever they wanted, she could cook."
Mary Langer had no official training, but she could handle any cuisine, her son said.
"She would experiment. It's all in the taste, and her taste was very good."
Retired World-Herald executive David Stern, who hired Langer, remembered her as a friendly person.
"She always had a smile and a kind word," he said.
Pat Tryon, who worked with Langer at The World-Herald, called her "one of the greatest cooks there ever was."
"Her soups and rolls were absolutely perfect. But she could cook anything," Tryon said.
Langer worked briefly as a sales clerk at Sears before taking her first professional cooking job, at Creighton University. She spent a total of 10 years at the World-Herald, also working in the cafeteria at Creighton Prep.
Langer also was a talented piano player. She taught herself to play by ear.
"She loved ragtime," Bill Langer said. She often played on weekends at Bill Bailey's or Shakey's Pizza in Omaha.
Langer is survived by her husband; the couple's six children, all of Omaha: sons Stephen, John M., and William; and daughters Jacqueline French, Marguerite Langer and Diane Conway; nine grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Langer died at home of ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 6905 Blondo St.
Langer knew recipes for pleasing
Author(s): John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Date: August 21, 2005
From her youth as a farm girl in Portsmouth, Iowa, Mary M. Langer loved to cook. Langer, who died early Friday morning at the age of 82, turned that love into a successful career, working at Creighton University, Creighton Prep and The World-Herald's executive dining room before retiring in 1990.
Born Mary Margaret Leinen, she married John E. Langer in 1948.
Son Bill Langer remembers his mother as a versatile chef. "Whatever they wanted, she could cook."
Mary Langer had no official training, but she could handle any cuisine, her son said.
"She would experiment. It's all in the taste, and her taste was very good."
Retired World-Herald executive David Stern, who hired Langer, remembered her as a friendly person.
"She always had a smile and a kind word," he said.
Pat Tryon, who worked with Langer at The World-Herald, called her "one of the greatest cooks there ever was."
"Her soups and rolls were absolutely perfect. But she could cook anything," Tryon said.
Langer worked briefly as a sales clerk at Sears before taking her first professional cooking job, at Creighton University. She spent a total of 10 years at the World-Herald, also working in the cafeteria at Creighton Prep.
Langer also was a talented piano player. She taught herself to play by ear.
"She loved ragtime," Bill Langer said. She often played on weekends at Bill Bailey's or Shakey's Pizza in Omaha.
Langer is survived by her husband; the couple's six children, all of Omaha: sons Stephen, John M., and William; and daughters Jacqueline French, Marguerite Langer and Diane Conway; nine grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Langer died at home of ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 6905 Blondo St.
Author(s): John Keenan WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Date: August 21, 2005
From her youth as a farm girl in Portsmouth, Iowa, Mary M. Langer loved to cook. Langer, who died early Friday morning at the age of 82, turned that love into a successful career, working at Creighton University, Creighton Prep and The World-Herald's executive dining room before retiring in 1990.
Born Mary Margaret Leinen, she married John E. Langer in 1948.
Son Bill Langer remembers his mother as a versatile chef. "Whatever they wanted, she could cook."
Mary Langer had no official training, but she could handle any cuisine, her son said.
"She would experiment. It's all in the taste, and her taste was very good."
Retired World-Herald executive David Stern, who hired Langer, remembered her as a friendly person.
"She always had a smile and a kind word," he said.
Pat Tryon, who worked with Langer at The World-Herald, called her "one of the greatest cooks there ever was."
"Her soups and rolls were absolutely perfect. But she could cook anything," Tryon said.
Langer worked briefly as a sales clerk at Sears before taking her first professional cooking job, at Creighton University. She spent a total of 10 years at the World-Herald, also working in the cafeteria at Creighton Prep.
Langer also was a talented piano player. She taught herself to play by ear.
"She loved ragtime," Bill Langer said. She often played on weekends at Bill Bailey's or Shakey's Pizza in Omaha.
Langer is survived by her husband; the couple's six children, all of Omaha: sons Stephen, John M., and William; and daughters Jacqueline French, Marguerite Langer and Diane Conway; nine grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Langer died at home of ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 6905 Blondo St.
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