Jerry Reese Langenkamp
Apr 22, 1931 - Apr 15, 2020
Posted by Ann Weber

A graduate of Sand Springs High School, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oklahoma and completed his formal education earning both a Master of Music in Voice and then a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan. He served in the US Army as 1st Lt. in the Field Artillery. He sang professionally in New York City with the Schola Cantorum, American Opera Society, the Little Orchestra Society, and on national tours and recordings with the Robert Shaw Chorale. As a faculty member at Furman University in Greenville, SC for ten years, he taught voice lessons, conducted Concert Choir, performed recitals and opera productions, and as an oratorio soloist as well. Jerry joined the faculty at Kansas State University as Head of the Voice Department where he developed the K-State Opera program, including full opera productions. He remained at KSU for twenty-seven years until his retirement. A dedicated church musician, Jerry began singing in the church choir during high school and continued for most of his life singing or working as a choir director.

He is survived by Mary “Kay: his wife of sixty-seven years; son, Robert and (Becca); daughter, Amy Hamilton and husband Kirk; three grandchildren, Julian (Jon), Tim (Emma, and Michael, and a great-granddaughter Evelyn.

A celebration of life will be planned at a later date. He will be interred in Woodland Cemetery in Sand Springs, OK.

Memorial contribution may be sent to the Bartlesville Area Habitat for Humanity at P.O. Box 1284 Bartlesville, OK 74005-1284.

Friends who wish may sign the online guestbook at www.stumpff.org
 

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