Langley James Couper

Kua hinga te Kauri a Langley o Waonui a Tāne. Acknowledging the passing of Langley a man of great importance, likening our loss to the fall of a mighty Kauri Tree. I first met Langley when he resided at Fairmont, my tenure as a support worker was 11years. Silence is golden, 3 months on the job, he didn't speak to me, until we were in the van driving to his apt at RPA hospital, I got lost, I pulled over to look for the UBD, I couldn't find it. Langley looked agitated, I calmly looked at him and said Langley I need your assistance please, his face lit up he had the biggest smile on his face and said I'll get us to RPA on time Rosina. OMG! .. moment he had a special PWS gift, and he shared it with all his staff .....I learnt that he could resite road maps,names of arterial roads in Sydney UBD, we didn't need the UBD or Nav man with Langley on board LOL! The Blacktown workers club, was where Langley engaged socially with YES Board members work friends, girl friends, house mates and HWNS friends, on a few occasions sing kareoke songs, 'the pub with no beer', 'paper roses' & Elvis the king. Along with his house mates Stevo, Jules and Ginny , they shared their home, had the best life possible. Langley was a very keen gardener, he delighted in growing & providing fresh produce over the years he grew lettuce tomatoes, cucumber, spinach and various herbs strawberries with minimal supervision. Langley was a keen worker he loved his job at Seven Hills, packing various items to operating the plastic wrapper. Langleys also loved animals especially his beautiful cats Rusty and Charlie, they were part of the family, he disliked animals being kept in cages, panda bears stating 'it's cruel' how would they like being locked in a cage. Over the years Langley become involved with HWNS, ARUMA Human rights committee with staff support, he would visit other group homes and talk to his peers about their Human Rights, and what he had learnt, having equal rights, fairness., being treated with respect, resonated with him. Langley was self determined, unreadable, respectful, independent. He was reliable, responsible and very consistent, he could talk you under the table, a jovial sense of humor, so funny, we had many conversations about his ambitions goals, planning holidays for the year, travelling up north to visit Mum & Margie. Langley maintained his bedroom his space, loved to watch movies, horror, liked to listen to his music, he was , happy to accompany his house mates to watch a movie at the local cinema, attend parties, he recieved many invites to attend functions & parties. Langley also enjoyed swimming at the pools in prospect walking, travelling independently on the bus and train networks around Sydney. Langley also enjoyed his own space relaxation after-work sat in his brown lazyboy chair. The best time of the year was Christmas because that ment going north to visit Mum and Margie and family he treasured those times with family, he would show me talk and discuss his photos and happy memories. Langley was always respectful to me, and would say to me my mum taught me to always be respectful to women. Langleys dislikes, pineapple jelly, some spices, food, hard veggies carrot sticks, when the club was closed, not being respected, or updated on information, house mates being nosey or in his personal space. Likes, a well cooked meal, mum and Margies cooking, Charlie not being a pest when he was trying to sleep. Having a chat with staff, managers, his friends, goi g jo the club. Having holidays with mum.Langley was at his happiest serving and assisting, helping others,his pets, talking to people engaging positively with everyone, meeting people, travelling the world, Australia. Although Langley lived with PWS, he remained positive, he achieved great milestones, with his health, built better relationships of understanding with his peers, house mates friends. Langley always wished people the best, he had a big heart, he was a very thoughtful, caring man and showed it through, sharing or giving a small gift and
Beautiful card , flowers, receiving thank you or I'm sorry from Langley was always a special moment. Langley your book of life is full you were a true friend and a blessing in my life I'll never forget you. Until we meet again, Moe mai ra, Moe mai ra e taku hoa, ka nui taku aroha. Farwell my dear friend sending our love and condolences to Yvonne Margie and Family. 🧡

I am so pleased that I got to know Langley… he had a humour and wit that made any discussion an unknown delight. I’ll always remember his desire for his independence and the exciting adventures that desire took him on. Brad, you were a one in a million brother to Langley. RIP

Langley really had good (expensive) taste!

The last time we hung out together in Sydney his sunnies were in a pretty bad state, and if you know Langley then you know his signature look is sunnies on his baseball hat. So I said that after lunch we would go do some shopping and get a new pair of sunnies.

We went into the sunglass shop and I said "have a good look around and see what pair of sunnies you like". Well, within about 30 seconds he had this pair of Oakleys in his hand and he said "I like these ones".

Without him even looking at the price tags, he had picked the pretty much the most expensive pair of sunnies in the shop lol.

He knew how to pick them!

Whilst not interested in exercise in later years, Langley had been a great swimmer even had an Australian record for a while - good on you Langley