LANG, Mabel Ione (Lonergan) 1912-2010

LANG, LONERGAN, NELSON, VOSHELL, SCHULZ, KINDSCHUH, TERRY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 9/18/2012 at 09:27:18

Mabel Ione (Lonergan) Lang – August 2, 1912 – January 18, 2010

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Mabel I. (Lonergan) Lang, 97, was born August 2, 1912 near Austin, MN. She was the daughter of Frank and Lillian Nelson Lonergan and attended school in a one-room school house in Mower County, MN. After meeting him at a dance, Mabel married Horace “Hod” Lang on August 24, 1930 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Hod passed away on May 26, 1971.

Mabel was a homemaker for most of her life. Later in life, she worked in the cafeteria at West High School for sixteen years and made Wahawk Cookies. She enjoyed fishing, crocheting, playing 500, dancing to Big Band music and was an avid bingo player. She especially enjoyed entertaining her family at Thanksgiving. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles where she played in the kazoo band and volunteered in the kitchen.

Mabel passed away on Monday, January 18, 2010 while a resident at the Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three sisters, Mary Voshell, Mildred Schulz and Margaret Kindschuh; a brother, Merlyn “Gene” Lonergan and a grandson, Craig Terry. Mabel is survived by a daughter, Nancy (Gene) Terry of Waterloo; a son, Jerry (Bernie) Lang of Denver, IA; four granddaughters, Renae Terry of Waterloo, Brenda Alberts of Marion, Shelley (Bob) Doenhoefer of Lawton, IA and Terri (Rich) Somsky of Kissimmee, FL; five great-grandchildren and two brothers, Marvin (Marilyn) Lonergan of Charles City and Melbourne “Bud” Lonergan of Waterloo.

As a show of sympathy, memorial contributions may be directed to the Cedar Valley Hospice.

Overton Family Funeral Home, Waterloo, Iowa

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Mabel Ione Lonergan was born August 2, 1912 in Mowcow, Freeborn County, Minnesota (Minnesota birth records), the daughter of Frank and Lillian (Nelson) Lonergan.

The family lived in Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa from the 1920 Census records on. Her parents and some siblings are buried in the Osage Cemetery.

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Social Security Death Index:
Name: Mabel I. Lang
Last Residence: 50702 Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
Born: 2 Aug 1912
Died: 18 Jan 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1959-1960)