" Deaths Fritz Langer, 88, Owned Modern Dairy Farm Fritz Langer, 88, of 2478 Green River Road, who formerly owned and operated the Modern Dairy Farm in South Williamstown, died Wednesday at his home. Born in Herringen, Germany June 1, 1914, he was the son of Herman and Ida Langer. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1923. He attended schools in Germany and in Adams. He began working at a dairy farm on East Road in Adams and left school at 16 to work there full time. When the owner, Richard C. Stohlman died in 1934, Mr. Langer bought the cows and equipment, and rented the farm. He purchased a 225-acre farm on Green River Road from the late Robert Steele in 1954. He and his wife operated the dairy farm there, at the intersection of routes 7 and 43, until 1980, when he auctioned off his herd of 140 cows and retired. In 1983, he sold the development rights to the farm, with its stunning views of Mt. Greylock and the surrounding hills, to the state under its Agricultural Preservation program. He sold the farm in 1997 to Paradise Farm Corp., headed by Harry S. Patten, which operates it as a working farm. He leaves his wife of 62 years, the former Stephania H. Rys; two daughters, Barbara A. Hilder of Washington, D.C., and Lucille L. Cannon of Arlington, Va.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral was Sunday at Augé-Paciorek-Simmons Funeral Home in Adams, with the Rev. Donald E. Gray, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Adams, officiating. Burial was in Bellevue Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Northern Berkshire, which provided hospice care to Mr. Langer and his family, through the funeral home at 13 Hoosac St.,  "

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