Mrs. CORNELIUS (Gertrude M. Berg) LANG 1912 -2003

OETH, BERG, LANG, SPIVEY, KORTENKAMP

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/16/2003 at 17:35:51

Gertrude M. Lang

Telegraph Herald - Sunday, August 24, 2003

Gertrude M. Lang, 91, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Dubuque, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 21, 2003, at Friendship Village Heath Center. She had been failing in health for several years.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center, Washington Park North, Indianapolis, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Washington Park North Cemetery.

She was born on June 6, 1912, in Dubuque, daughter of Frank and Mary (Oeth) Berg.

She moved to Indianapolis in 1963, when her husband accepted a position with American States Insurance Co. After the death of her husband, she moved to Dayton in 1993, to live with her son and daughter-in-law until health problems required continual assistance.

Surviving are five children, John (Ellen) Lang, of Dayton, Miriam (Gary) Spivey, of Albany, N.Y., Janet (Dan) Kortenkamp, of Stevens Point, Wis., Greg (Rosalie) Lang, of Phoenix, and Paul (Peggy) Lang, of Indianapolis; 18 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Cornelius "Neil" Lang; a grandson; and a great-grandson.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to the charity of your choice.