Reverend Dr. Thomas Langford, Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas William Langford died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA on November 16, 1937, to Thomas William, Sr., and Anna C. Bloomgren Langford. He graduated from East Aurora High School in 1955. He briefly attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, then spent two years in USA Ordinance Corp. He earned a BS in Management from, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce; an MBA in Operational Research from Wharton Graduate School in 1964 and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. There he was a Research Associate in the Reginal Science Institute 1964 -1970. He coauthored a seminal book on Input-Output analysis numerous reports and monographs.
He moved to Springfield Illinois in 1970 to become an Assistant Director of Budget for State Planning and related agencies. In 1974 he started his own consulting business, Langford and Associates, forensic economics consultant.
Dr. Langford was ordained by Bishop Donald Hultstrand on November 22, 1988. He has served in episcopal Churches in Springfield, and for twenty years at Trinity Church, Jacksonville. He served the Diocese of Springfield in a variety of offices including as Dean of the Springfield School of Ministry and various ecumenical organizations, including the Springfield Higher Education Ministry, Forward in Faith, and Fellowship of Concerned Churchmen. At the request of the Anglican diocese of the Himalayas the Rev. Dr. Langford and his wife spent a month in 2019, 2020 and 2024, teaching Anglican theology in Kathmandu and elsewhere in Nepal. The Rev. Dr. Langford was an example in his service to the church, both home and abroad. May he rest in peace awaiting the coming Kingdom of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Visitation: 9:30 – 10:30 am, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 am, June 4, 2025, at Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle with The Right Reverend Brian K. Burgess, Twelfth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield officiating. Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery where military honors will be conducted.
The family requests no flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Nashotah House Theological Seminary, 2777 Mission Road Nashotah, WI 53058.
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