Linda Hubbard Langness
Linda
Hubbard Langness, 61, passed away on the morning
of September 15, 2012, in Coeur d'Alene. She
passed on surrounded by her friends and loved
ones.Linda was born April 22, 1952, in Teaneck, New Jersey. Along with her mother, father and three younger brothers, she moved to Los Angeles toward the end of the 1950s.
She graduated from high school in Los Angeles and went on to get her bachelor and master's degrees and finally her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
In 1985, Linda married Lewis Langness and lived with him in Germany for almost a year before returning to California to give birth to their only child, Julian. Linda and Lew lived in Santa Monica, spending time with family, gardening and working until 1990.
Lew Langness' family has been in Idaho for over 100 years, mostly in Wallace. This connection o North Idaho engendered a love of the area in the couple. In 1991, they moved to Bonners Ferry, and Linda embraced her new community with excitement and open arms.
Linda held a wide variety of jobs in her life, from working at a Greek restaurant in her 20s to working on burbot studies for the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative in the early 2000s to substitute teaching.
She loved to travel and visited most of Europe, much of Mexico and Latin America and almost every state in he U.S. She was extremely passionate about cooking, and often recounted the joys of working at Papa Byrd's Bistro in Bonners Ferry. She loved to cater weddings and anniversaries for friends and relatives, to share recipes and host dinner parties.
Linda was beloved by her students at North Idaho College and also spent hundreds of hours tutoring local youth in German, poetry, English and creative writing. She also spent countless days as a volunteer at the Bonners Ferry Visitors Center.
Linda had many friends throughout the area, and her spirit will live on in their memories, as well as those of her family.
Linda loved Bonners Ferry and always said that she wished to remain here for the rest of her life.
Linda is survived by her mother, Ruth Hubbard, brothers Chris, Steven and Wallace; her husband Lew Langness and son Julian and his wife, Jordann Langness.