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Gary Wayne
Gary Wayne
Longrie
Gary W. Longrie
September 15, 2014, age 79 years. Preceded in death by his partner of over 20 years, Leonard Duszynski; a brother, Richard F. Longrie, and a sister, Kay Longrie. Survived by his brother, Leland (Kathryn) Longrie, nephews Martin (Suzy Goebel) Longrie and Aaron (Rebecca) Longrie, other relatives and friends. Gary taught English at MATC for many years.
Family and friends will gather at the Suminski / Weiss Funeral Home, 1901 N. Farwell Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 Tuesday, September 23, 2014 from 1:00 PM until the time of the Memorial Service at 2:00 PM.
I met Gary when we were both seniors at Wisconsin State-Oshkosh. As our interests were rather similar, we became good friends. I learned that he was gay at his funeral!