Drexel D. Lange (2000)
LANGE, WATSON
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 9/29/2012 at 10:37:52
Des Moines Register – Des Moines, Iowa
February 10, 2000 Metro pg 7Drexel Lange dies of an aneurysm
Drexel D. Lange, 76, a retired state education leader who pushed for improved special-education programs, died of an aneurysm Tuesday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Brooks Funeral Care. Burial will be at St. Patrick’s Irish Settlement Cemetery in rural Cumming.
Mr. Lange was born in Murdo, S.D., and had lived in the Des Moines area many years. His current address was in the 900 block of 40th Street, West Des Moines. He held several posts with the Iowa Department of Education, including associate superintendent from 1965 until 1986, and helped develop model legislation for special education. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and received a citation for humanitarian service from the United Cerebral Palsy Association.
He is survived by his wife, Kathryn; two sons, Brian of Knoxville and Greg of West Des Moines; a sister, Bianca Watson of Rohnert Park, Calif.; a brother, Leslie of Charlottesville, Va.; and two grandchildren.
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