Elien M. Langford

Elien M. (Foisy) Langford was born on December 17, 1922, in Prosser, the second daughter of Joseph and Milda Foisy. She died peacefully on September 20, after a brief period of declining health.

Elien graduated from Prosser High School, Yakima Business College, obtained a private pilot’s license and trained for the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. Her WASP training was cut short by her marriage to Phil A. Langford on May 27, 1944.

Their marriage lasted for 64 years, until his death in 2008. Elien and Phil began their married life in Sunnyside, then settled in Ritzville in 1956, living in...