Linda Langland

Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:38 pm

Linda Langland, 71, of Decorah, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Langland family is planning a graveside service at a later date in Iowa River Cemetery. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.

Linda Adaline Langland was born Feb. 16, 1952, to Charles Edgar Hille Langland and Adaline Lois Nesheim in Spring Grove, Minn. Linda graduated from high school in Waukonin 1970, where she was active in many clubs. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bethel College and her master’s in social work from the University of Iowa. Linda was very adventurous and had many vocations before she settled in Marshalltown. She was in the Air National Guard, worked on the railroad, and obtained her single engine pilot’s license. She spent many years as a school social worker in the Marshalltown area. Linda welcomed foreign exchange students into her home and enjoyed traveling to Europe to visit them. She was also an adoption counselor for many years and enjoyed watching these families welcome their adopted children to the U.S.

Linda is survived by her siblings: David (Beverly) Langland of Las Cruces, N.M., Connie (Joe) Witkowski of La Grange Park, Ill., Chuck Langland of Decorah, and Joan (Sam) Howard of Knoxville, Tenn.; her nephews: Charlie Witkowski and Ed (Erika Berg) Witkowski; niece Laura Howard; grand-nephew Walter Witkowski; and grand-niece Tori Langland. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Lois Langland; her brother Bruce; nephew Eric Langland; and grandparents: Charlie and Clara Langland and Nels and Sarah Nesheim.

Condolences may be shared online at www.martinfunerals.com.

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