Greg Alan Long, 61, lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the University of Texas Southwestern William P. Clements Jr. Hospital in Dallas. Celebration of Life Service: Wednesday, January 27, noon at First United Methodist Church, Arlington.
Greg was born September 14, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from Anderson Senior High School in 1972, he served more than two years in the U.S. Army as a radio teletype operator with Headquarters Company, 101st Ordnance Battalion in Heilbronn, West Germany. In 1978, Greg began working at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Norwood, Ohio until it closed in 1987. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Cincinnati in 1989 and moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1993. Greg served as a computer analyst at UTSW-Dallas for 18 years. He was an avid reader of science fiction and also enjoyed golf, tennis, hiking, bird watching, guitar, movies, and spending time with family. As a member of a local science fiction and fantasy book club in Cincinnati for many years, he attended several World Science Fiction Conventions including events in Atlanta and Boston.
He was predeceased by his grandparents Elmer and Kathryn (Lauber) Rutenschroer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Delmar and Hazel (Kitchen) Long of Lancaster, Ohio; stepfather, Billy Vernon Henning of Arlington, Texas; cousin, Brent Joseph Vuotto of Fort Worth, Texas; and his nephew, Daniel Lee Cochran of Newark, Oh.
Survivors: mother, Carol Rutenschroer Henning of Arlington, Texas; father, Donald Earl Long and stepmother, Jane of Mount Vernon, Ohio;
stepfather, James Joseph Werdman and wife, Moune of Paris, Fr; former wife, Francheska Lysenko Long of Arlington, Texas; son, Eric Pavel Long of Arlington, Texas; stepson, Daniil Lysenko of Arlington, Texas; brother, Mark Earl Long and wife, P’or of Dallas, Texas; brother, Scot Eric Long and wife, Cynthia of Mount Vernon, Ohio; half-sister, Kimberly Ann Werdman of Arlington, Texas; half-brother, Michael James Werdman and wife, Sandie (Rogers) of Canton, Texas; aunt and godmother, Joy Rutenschroer Vuotto Ziegler of Fort Worth, Texas; aunt, Marcene Long of Lancaster, Ohio; aunt, Fran Poff of Orlando, Florida;
uncle, Merle Long of Miami, Florida; nieces, Christina Long Watts and husband, Justin of Oh, and Olivia Long of Mount Vernon, Oh; nephews, Andrew Long of Oh, Casey Long of Mount Vernon, Oh, and Dakota Werdman of Ca; cousins, Tiffany Bleigh and husband, Dave of Oh, Caryn Long Urbina of Fl, Kathryn Krenn Vuotto of Tx, second-cousins, Gary Kruse of Oh, Terri Kruse Karle and husband, Don of Oh, and Rick Kruse of Oh; additional cousins, Ruth Kruse of Oh, and Yvonne Kruse of Oh; extended family, friends and coworkers. Greg will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
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