Patricia “Patti” Mary (Carr) Langendorf, age 83, of Sugar Island, Michigan, died on December 24, 2023. She was born on July 3, 1940, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to John and Emma (Smith) Carr.
Patti grew up in Sault Ste. Marie and graduated with the Sault High School Class of 1958. After graduation, she moved to Tucson, Arizona, to live with her uncle and his family. She attended Kress Nursing School where she graduated with her LPN Certification. After graduation, Patti moved back to Sault Ste. Marie and worked as a nurse for War Memorial Hospital. When Dr. Dale T. Scott opened his private practice, he invited Patti to join him and they became a popular medical team at “Medical Arts”, along with several other local practitioners. Patti met her future husband, James B. Langendorf, in early 1963 and by September 1963 they planned to marry before the end of the year, but Uncle Sam interfered.
Jim was drafted on October 31, 1963, and was sent to basic training for six weeks. He came home on Christmas leave and they were married on December 28, 1963. They were separated again until Jim was stationed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and they were together again, living in Enterprise, Alabama. It wasn’t long before Patti took a nursing job in a community nursing facility until they returned to Sault Ste. Marie, when Patti rejoined Dr. Scott until his retirement. Patti then became a check out clerk for years at the Soo Co-op Grocery store where she loved her customers, and they loved her! She worked there up until the store closed.
Patti enjoyed visiting with friends and going to the casino.
Patti is survived by her husband, James “Jim” Langendorf of Sugar Island; sons, James (Maria) Langendorf of Franklin, Ohio, and Michael Langendorf of Sault Ste. Marie; daughter, Abby Langendorf-Haarala of Omaha, Nebraska; Grandchildren, Carrie, Michael, Conner (Kelsey), Darren, Sydney (Hunter), Pyper, and Jack; brothers, Fred (Jo-Anne) Carr, Brian (Gail) Carr, and Terry Carr all of Sault Ste. Marie; sisters, Janice (Tony) Mauretic of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and Candace Blocher of Dafter, Michigan; and her “other sister”, aunt Francine Buechler of Sault Ste. Marie.
Patti was preceded in death by her parents, John and Emma; brother, Johny Carr; and sister, Colleen Carr.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2023, from 10:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. at the Sault Tribe Cultural Center, 11 Ice Circle Chi Mukwa, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783.
The final resting place will be at the Wil Walk Cemetery on Sugar Island, Michigan.
Family Life Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be left to the family at www.galerfuneralhomes.com.
