William (Bill) Langbehn

June 22, 1961 - May 7, 2023

William “Bill” Langbehn passed away in Oakland on May 7th at the age of 61. Bill was born in San Francisco to parents Annette and Bill Langbehn. He earned his BS and MS degrees from the University of California, Berkeley School of Engineering. In 1998 he founded the Langbehn Geotechnical Group, and established himself as a highly respected Geotechnical Engineer throughout the Bay Area.

Bill had a huge passion for hunting and fishing and shared many days in the marsh blinds and mountain streams with his great friends. He mentored countless others in the sport of waterfowl hunting. Bill was also a competitive Footbag player. He earned the nickname “Camping Man” for regularly camping in his trusty Ford F-150 with its “ALWAZGO” license plate at competitions. In 1987, he and his Footbag partner Brent Welch set a Guinness World Record for the Open One Pass Kick, making 10,454 passes. He was inducted by his peers into the Footbag Hall of Fame in 2010. He will be remembered by his loved ones as someone who enjoyed hosting family and friends for BBQ parties, poker nights, margaritas, and his legendary holiday feasts.

Bill is survived by his wife Kerri; his daughters Hannah and Leah; his siblings Susan Langbehn Ott, Donna Wells, Gloria Carroll, Anne Cosenza, Ron Glendon and Phil Glendon; his stepfather Jeff Henigan; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends who loved him. Bill is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Michael Glendon, and step-mother Helen Langbehn.

A celebration of life will be held on June 18th, 2023. For more information about the services, please email celebratebill618@gmail. com.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations in memory of Bill K. Langbehn be made to the California Waterfowl Association (https://calwaterfowl.org/)