JOEL ROBERT LANG ,85, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME IN LONGMEADOW, MASS. ON THURSDAY APRIL 2, 2026. BORN NOVEMBER 29, 1940, SON OF THE LATE SIDNEY AND ETHEL(FARBER) LANG OF WILKES-BARRE, PA. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF LONGMEADOW HIGH SCHOOL AND EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE. HE ALSO ATTENDED TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FOR ARCHITECTURE. JOEL WORKED IN MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES FOR YEARS OFTEN TRAVELING TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. HE LATER BECAME WHAT HE COINED "A JACK OF ALL TRADES" INCLUDING OWNING A PRINTING COMPANY WHICH HE OPERATED WITH HIS OLDEST SON JERALD. IN RETIREMENT HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BEING A LIMOUSINE DRIVER OFTEN TRAVERSING TO NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON REGULARLY. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS JOEL WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT AND MEMBER OF ORDER OF THE ARROW, PACK LEADER OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 95, AVID GOLFER, MODEL BUILDER AND ALWAYS A LOVER OF ALL THINGS AERONAUTICAL. HIS LOVE OF MODEL ROCKETS AND AIRPLANES SPANNED FROM WHEN HIS CHILDREN WERE YOUNG TO HIS LAST DAY. HE BUILT AND FLEW HUNDREDS OF MODEL AIRPLANES AND WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE PIONEER VALLEY RADIO CONTROL CLUB. HE ENJOYED OFFICIATING AT THE AMERICAN MODELERS ASSOCIATION NATIONALS AT WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE. WHEN JOEL WASN'T BUILDING PLANES, HE WAS A VORACIOUS READER. JOEL AND ALENE WERE OFTEN DREAMING ABOUT, PLANNNG OR ENJOYING CRUISES ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN HAVING CRUISED MORE THAN 2 DOZEN TIMES.

JOEL WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS YOUNGER BROTHER KENNETH ALLAN LANG OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AND HIS BROTHER- IN-LAW STUART ALPERT OF SPRINGFIELD, MA.; JOEL IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 63 YEARS ALENE (ALPERT) THEY WERE MARRIED ON AUGUST 11, 1963 AT TEMPLE BETH EL IN SPRINGFIELD, MA; TWO LOVING CHILDREN, JERALD RICHARD LANG AND HIS WIFE BARBARA JEAN (GLICKENHAUS) OF BROOKLYN, NY, PAUL HOWARD LANG AND MELISSA ANN (JOURDAIN) OF FEEDING HILLS MA; 3 CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN JAKOB BENJAMIN LANG OF BROOKLYN, NY, EVAN JACOB JOURDAIN LANG AND BENJAMIN ALLAN JOURDAIN LANG; SISTER BETSEY (LANG) KAUFMAN AND SEVERAL NIECES , NEPHEWS AND CLOSE FRIENDS.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO A GRAVESIDE SERVICE ON MONDAY APRIL 6 AT 2P.M. IN BETH EL CEMETARY, 366 KINGS HIGHWAY, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089.

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION @ WWW.ALZ.ORG, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 OR JEWISH GERIATRIC SERVICES @ JGS LIFECARE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, 770 CONVERSE ST, LONGMEADOW, MA 01106.