LANGROCK, Frederick Christian 1937-2011

LANGROCK, SAMPSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/1/2012 at 14:43:28

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Fredrick Christian Langrock

TOETERVILLE, IOWA - Fredrick Christian Langrock, 74, of Toeterville died on Friday Dec. 30, 2011.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Toeterville, with the Rev. Lance Kittleson officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, 641-713-4920.

[ Globe Gazette on January 2, 2012 ]

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Fred C. Langrock was born in July 1937, and graduated from St. Ansgar High School in 1955. He died on Friday afternoon, December 30, 2011 in a car-bus accident on I-35 at Clear Lake, Iowa.

Fred was the curator of her aunt, Atlanta Constance Sampson's art work at Unionhurst Gallery in Toeterville, Iowa.
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CLEAR LAKE — Frederick Langrock, 74, of Toeterville was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday evening on Interstate 35 near Clear Lake.

The patrol reported the accident occurred at 5:52 p.m. at the 193 mile marker in the southbound lanes of the interstate. According to the patrol, a charter bus driven by Picazo Galanneri, 51, of Waco, Texas, was rear-ended by a 2004 Chevrolet Astro Van driven by Langrock.

The van came to rest on the inside shoulder of I-35. The bus left the scene but was later located.

Further information was not available. The accident was being investigated by the patrol assisted by Clear Lake police and fire and rescue, the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department, Department of Transportation, and Tony’s Towing and Frank’s Towing.

Mason City Globe Gazette - www.GlobeGazette.com 12/30/2011

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CLEAR LAKE, IOWA — A Waco, Texas man was arrested for allegedly leaving the scene of Friday’s fatal crash on Interstate 35 near Clear Lake.

Neri Galan, 51, Waco, Texas, was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, a Class D felony.

Frederick Langrock, 74, Toeterville, was killed in the two-vehicle crash Friday night.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, a charter bus driven by Galan was rear-ended by a 2004 Chevrolet Astro Van driven by Langrock. The van came to rest on the inside shoulder of I-35. The bus, driven by Galan, left the scene but was later located.

The accident was reported at 5:52 p.m. Friday at the 193 mile marker in the southbound lanes of the interstate.

Galan was taken to the Cerro Gordo County Jail and later released.

Mason City Globe Gazette - 12/31/11
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TOETERVILLE - Frederick Christian Langrock, 74, of Toeterville, died Friday, December 30, 2011, in an automobile accident.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2012, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Toeterville, with the Rev. Lance Kittleson officiating assisted by the Rev. Andrew Lindahl and the Rev. Michael Olmsted from Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin, Minn. Burial will be in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, Toeterville. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, 207 S. School St., St. Ansgar.

Frederick was born July 21, 1937, in Toeterville, Iowa, to Fred D. and Myrtella (Sampson) Langrock. He graduated from St. Ansgar High School, attended Wartburg College and received his Masters Degree in music from the University of Colorado.

He taught music at several towns in Iowa, including Gilbert, Clarksville, Elkader, Wapsi Valley and Forest City. He was excellent at his profession. He could pick up any instrument and play it.

After his retirement from teaching at Forest City, he taught part-time music in a Christian school in Waterloo and filled in at St. Ansgar when needed. He also gave private lessons to several children on different band instruments including the guitar. He joined the New Horizon Band and would travel to Cedar Falls weekly for practice. During this time he also took care of his widowed mother until she had to go to the nursing home.

He remodeled the old Toeterville Bank and made it into a gallery for his Aunt Atlanta Sampson's art work. He did beautiful work framing and matting her many paintings. During the summer he would set up a tent and show her artwork at art fairs all over Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Frederick was truly an artist.

He was an avid bridge player and would play bridge in Austin and Cedar Falls, lots of times, two days a week.

For the last five years his latest endeavor had been the music director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin. He directed the choir and arranged other music for their services.

He loved his home church at Toeterville, but he also loved Westminster. His faith was very important to him.

Frederick would often say "I'm too busy. I should do more traveling before I get too old to do it." He will continue to be busy arranging music for the Lord in Heaven and directing the Angel Choir.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Don Carroll.

Frederick is survived by his two sisters, Avis (Leo) Hanson of St. Ansgar, Audrey Carroll of Austin, and one brother David (Linda) Langrock of Davenport; nieces Lisa Hansen, Lori Johnson, Amy Langrock, Dawn Pyle and Lacy Langrock; nephews Dennis Hanson, Lynn Carroll and Todd Carroll; and close friend Sheryl Ehlke.

The Community has lost a true artist and he will be missed by family and friends.

Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar is in charge of arrangements, 641-713-4920.

[ Globe Gazette online, January 3, 2012 ]

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Photo of Fred from St. Ansgar school annual for 1955, the year he graduated from high school.

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