- Date Of Birth: February 22, 1928
- Date Of Death: February 26, 2015
- State: Connecticut
Ona Newkirk Langer, 87, passed away peacefully at the Portland Care and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, February 26th. Born in 1928 in Middletown, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Alice (Harris) Newkirk. She was the wife of the late William M. Langer, Jr. and the sister of Lois Newkirk Mattern of Bourne, MA and Jerry Newkirk of Lafayette, CO, both deceased. Ona and Bill had two children, Chris and Rhonda. The family settled on Willow Brook Road in Cromwell in couple later moved to Higganum in 1984 to enjoy their retirement years and also spent many summers at their beach cottage on Cedar Island in Clinton. Ona graduated from Middletown High School and acted as Secretary for the Class of 1946 as well as Class Reunion Secretary. She began her career as a Legal Secretary for Judge Aaron Palmer of Middletown. She also worked nights for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft while Bill was in the Army. Ona later worked for 25 years as a Secretary at the Psychology Department at Wesleyan University until her retirement. She also worked for many years in Secretarial Support for the National Science Foundation’s annual grant merit review program in Washington, DC.
