She was lovingly known as Ellie by her friends and family. Ellie was born in Buffalo, New York on November 17, 1937. She graduated from State University of New York at Plattsburg in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her warm and nurturing character led her to be an exceptional nurse. She spent the majority of her career in geriatric nursing at Mount St. Francis Convent in Colorado Springs. She married Walter Beard Langevin, the love of her life, on January 1, 1960. They shared in the joy of raising their three beautiful children together.
Ellie’s love, care, and kindness was evident to everyone who was fortunate enough to have known her. She had a wonderful network of friendships cultivated through her experiences and travels as the wife of an Air Force Senior NCO. She enjoyed entertaining and hosting friends old and new, and was dedicated to maintaining the bonds she and Walt built during their time as a military family for the rest of her life. She was a voracious reader, avid gardener, and talented home cook who passed her enthusiasm for life on to her children and grandchildren. She will be deeply missed by her friends, family, and all who knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph DePiazza and Marjorie Mae Daley; her siblings Joseph DePiazza Jr. and Marlea Mae Eastwood.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Walt Langevin; their three children, Sherry Lynn (Daryl) Hornsby, Wilfred Walter (Chad Allen) Langevin, and Steven Lee Langevin; five grandchildren, Sarah (Brad) Fryar, Samantha (Tim) Collier, Shannon Hornsby (fiancé of Bradley Englerth), and Cheyenne and Cody Langevin (Steve Langevin and Duetta Allart-Wasson), and two great-grandchildren, Jon Allen Montgomery (Sarah) and Lawrence Everett Collier (Samantha), and step-great-granddaughter Alexia Jade Collier.
A funeral service is scheduled for 11:30 am, Wednesday, September 2nd at Griffin Leggett Rest Hills Funeral Home, 7724 Landers Rd., North Little Rock, Arkansas. Private internment to be held at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. Flowers and condolences may be offered at www.griffinleggettresthillcom.
Memorials in her name may be made to Sisters of St. Francis of Colorado Springs, Attn. Mt. St. Francis Nursing Center, ℅ Deann Barnett, 7665 Assisi Heights, Colorado Springs, CO 80919.
