Lane, Kenneth Eugene 1911-1996

LANE, ANDERSON, DENNIS, THOMPSON, LAWSON, MAHONEY

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 5/4/2005 at 16:22:12

Newton (IA) Daily News Sept 24, 1996
Kenneth Eugene Lane

Funeral services for Kenneth E. Lane, 85, a resident of Newton Health Care Center will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Wallace-Pence Funeral Home in Newton. The Rev. Jerry Brown, Senior Pastor of the United Methodist Church in Newton will conduct services. Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Family visitation will be tonight from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Memorials to the Jasper County Historical Society, Alzheimer Association or the American Heart Association will be accepted. Mr. Lane died of complications of Alzheimer Disease Sunday morning, September 22 at the Newton Health Care Center. Born January 5, 1911 in Heitman, he was the son of George and Selma Anderson Lane. He attended Albia schools.

He married Eleanor Dennis in June 1933 and later married Wanda Thompson Lawson, April 12, 1969 in Newton. A resident of Newton since 1927, he was an inspector at the Parsons Company. He was also a past member of the Izaak Walton League and U.A.W. retirees Union.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda, a son and daughter-in-law, K. Paul and Wanda of Newton; a daughter and son-in-law, Deanna and Dale Mahoney of Newton. Six grandchildren and seven great-grand children. He is also survived by three brothers and sisters-in-law, Phil and Marjorie, Leo and Wilma, and Don and Marcella, all of Newton and several nieces and nephews.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, his first wife, Eleanor, two brothers, Ted and Paul, and a great-grandson.

Originally submitted on Sun May 28 19:36:07 2000