Dorothy May Langerak1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18910, (1931 - 2010)
FatherRaymond Langerak5,6,7 (28 Jun 1903 - 16 Sep 1952)
MotherBertha Harriet Loveless4 (8 Sep 1908 - 15 Oct 1989)

Key Events:

Birth: 20 Jul 1931, Denver, Colorado8,9,10
Marriage: 16 Oct 1948, 1728 West Mulberry St., Fort Collins, Colorado, Ervin John Reigles (31 Oct 1927 - 14 Dec 2012)11,12,13
Death: 12 Apr 20103,14
Burial: Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado15
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Dorothy May Langerak was born on 20 Jul 1931 in Denver, Colorado.8,9,10
     Her parents, Raymond Langerak and Bertha Harriet Loveless, were divorced 25 Jun 1936, when she was 4 years old.16
     She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, in the household of her mother, Bertha Harriet Loveless, and step-father, Bennie W. King.17
     Dorothy married Ervin John Reigles, son of James Dewey Reigle and Cora A. Bishop, on 16 Oct 1948 in 1728 West Mulberry St., Fort Collins, Colorado, the home of her mother and step-father. Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald, pastor of the Grant Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.11,12,13
     Dorothy and Ervin appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, at 135½ North Sherwood, enumerated 1 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.18
     Dorothy died on 12 Apr 2010 at age 78.3,14 She was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado.15

Children:
     Children with Ervin John Reigles

Ervin and Dorothy's daughter is still living.
  • James R. Reigles19,20 (6 Aug 1952 - 23 Jan 1995)

Citations

  1. [S12645] Bennie King household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows name as Dorothy Langerak.
  2. [S12643] Fort Collins Coloradoan, 22 Oct 1948, shows name as Miss Dorothy Langerak.
  3. [S4650] Dorothy May Reigles obituary, Bohlender Funeral Chapel.
  4. [S12645] Bennie King household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows shows the girl as daughter of Bertha's husband, though it appears he was actually the girl's step-father.
  5. [S12646] "Colorado, Divorce Index, 1851-1985," Ancestry.com, record for Raymond Langerak and Bertha Langerak, shows them divorced 25 Jun 1936.
  6. [S8070] Iowa Marriages Records 1880-1922, Iowa, 2:91, no. 50-08616, Raymond Langerak and Bertha Loveless, shows them married 7 Jul 1926.
  7. [S12645] Bennie King household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows her with surname Langerak.
  8. [S12645] Bennie King household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows age 8 and state.
  9. [S12644] Ervin J. Reigles household, 1950 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows age 18 and state.
  10. [S4650] Dorothy May Reigles obituary, Bohlender Funeral Chapel, shows date, city, and state.
  11. [S12643] Fort Collins Coloradoan, 22 Oct 1948, shows married last Saturday, address, home of her mother, and officiant.
  12. [S12644] Ervin J. Reigles household, 1950 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado, shows married.
  13. [S4649] Ervin Reigles obituary, Bohlender Funeral Chapel, shows date.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 101939581, Dorothy May Langerak Reigles, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 101939581, Dorothy May Langerak Reigles, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S12646] "Colorado, Divorce Index, 1851-1985," Ancestry.com, record for Raymond Langerak and Bertha Langerak, shows date, county and state.
  17. [S12645] Bennie King household, 1940 U.S. Census, Larimer Co., Colorado.
  18. [S12643] Fort Collins Coloradoan, 22 Oct 1948.
  19. [S4649] Ervin Reigles obituary, Bohlender Funeral Chapel.
  20. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 101939481, James R Reigles, includes tombstone photo showing his information inscribed between Ervin and Dorothy May.