Bradley Richard Langner, 65, passed away in Mission Viejo, California, on Friday Oct. 24, 2014, with friends and family beside him, after bravely battling cancer for a number of years.   

He was born in Sacramento, California, to Gladys Hill Bradley and Richard Bohannon Langner who preceded him in death. Growing up in the Meadow Vista and Auburn, California areas, he graduated from Placer High School and went on to become a prominent and active local business owner in the surveying, construction and commercial explosives industries.

Brad loved travel – anywhere – and generously treated family and friends to exotic trips to Hawaii, Europe, Australia and Africa. He loved to meet new people and share life stories, especially over fine wines and exquisite meals. He also loved hiking, running marathons and hunting (1957-2012).  

Brad is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Claudia Langner, with whom he enjoyed traveling the world, discovering and sharing “the best of the best.” He will be greatly missed by his children, grandchildren, extended family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances for his intelligence, humor and passion for life as well as his outspoken nature and limitless pursuit of correcting the many wrongs he saw in the world.

A celebration of Brad’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 13, 2014, at the Winchester Country Club, in Meadow Vista, California.

For those wishing to send thoughts and messages, please do so care of

Alpha Explosives
P.O. Box 310
Lincoln, CA 95648
916.645.3377

Donations can also be made to the American Cancer Society.