Honoring the Lives and Memories of Those We Love

A man in a pilot's hat and uniform, smiling, with a white mustache, posing for a portrait.

LYNN Ruth langlois
  april 13, 1961 - march 13, 2026

With profound sadness and grief, we share the news of the death of Lynn R. Langlois, who died on March 13, 2026. She was sixty-four years old. Lynn was a passionate, caring, and an outgoing woman whose smile and personality was magnetic. She loved her family, friends, animals, gardening, supporting multiple charities, concerts, and traveling around the world.


Her efforts through volunteering with veteran’s organizations, particularly making quilts for our veterans, touched the lives of so many retired United States service members. Lynn was generous and devoted to her family, very much the caretaker. She was the family member, neighbor, and friend you could count on. Often stray dogs and the dogs in her neighborhood would find their way to Lynn’s front door, where she fed them, loved them, and let them stay if they needed shelter.


 Lynn was a lightening bolt of love undeniably bright and stunning, someone you could laugh hard with. She will be missed each day even her sometimes colorful expressions when something really annoyed her. Her many interests included learning about life, thrifting, concerts, flea markets, exploring the world and savoring different cultures, and any DIY project. Lynn spent more than 30 years as a yardmaster in the railroad industry who held her own in a challenging career. 


One of six children born in Duchess County, New York, to Joan (Debyah) Langlois and Donald Langlois, where she learned valuable character and life lessons on the farm together with her siblings: Michael, Carol, Judy, (Lynn), Donald, and Elizabeth. She was blessed with a very large and extended family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and nieces and nephews.


 Lynn lived in Sterling, OK, and in recent years moved to Fishkill, NY, where she shared her life with Chris Rucker and his sons Dylan and Brandon. 

The Langlois family extends our heartfelt gratitude for the kindness, sympathy, and prayers expressed. Lynn would ask others to remember her by being generous and kind, by sharing a meal with laughter, enjoying a concert, and planting flowers in your garden. 


A celebration of life service will be determined in the future. Memorials in her honor can be made to: The American Heart Association, sanctioned U.S. Veterans organizations, and your local Humane Society. 



Until we meet again in the House of the Lord. “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11.