LANG, Warner 1895-1963

LANG, DEERTZ, MILLER, GERRY, BRANDAU, BENNETT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/19/2009 at 15:46:45

Waterloo rites for former St. Ansgar man

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- Funeral services were held at Waterloo for a former St. Ansgar man, Warner Lang, 67. He died Thursday at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo.

Born August 21, 1895, at St. Ansgar, he was the son of John and Cora Lang.

He was married to Esther Deertz on February 10, 1917 at Waverly. The couple moved to Waterloo in 1919.

Lang was associated with the Lang Coal Company.

His first wife died in 1939, and on April 15, 1948, he was married to Thelma Miller at Nashua.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma; a son, John W., Phoenix, Arizona, two step daughters, Mrs. Harold Gerry, Winter Park, Florida., and Mrs. Charles Bennett, Waterloo, a half-sister, Mrs. Kate Brandau, Osage; two brothers, Horace and Dayton, Waterloo and nine grandchildren.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Wednesday, January 9, 1963]