Kenneth "Bud" Lange (1920-2008)

LANGE, SPRINGER, FREY, WENDT, LANGE, KINGSBURY, HISEROTE, OLSON, KELLY

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/30/2008 at 16:04:47

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, May 29, 2008.

May 19, 1920-May 29, 2008

Kenneth "Bud" Lange, 88, a longtime Ames resident, died Thursday, May 29, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A memorial service celebration of Bud's life will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care in Ames, with burial in Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Bud was born May 19, 1920, in Ames, the son of James and Carrie (Springer) Lange. He attended Ames High School. He married Helen C. Frey Nov. 7, 1941, in Southbend, Ind. She preceded him in death in 1985. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Corp and was honorably discharged in 1945. He was a car salesman for Skeie Pontiac for 32 years, where he was awarded top salesman for the Pontiac Iowa Nebraska District for 16 years. He had several hobbies that included fishing trips to Canada, spending winters in Texas with his Iowa friends, playing cards, collecting elephants and music jam sessions. After retirement, he enjoyed transporting cars for the car dealerships in Ames. Everyone who knew him knew he loved to wheel and deal.

He is survived by one son, Dean, of Freeport, Fla.; one daughter, Pat Wendt, of Ames; grandchildren, Jason (Donna) Wendt, of Ankeny, Niki Wendt, of Ames, and Mike (Kelly) Lange, of Des Moines; one great-granddaughter, Jenna Wendt, of Ankeny; two sisters, Esther Kingsbury, of Ames, and Liz Hiserote, of Ames; and his companion for the last seven years, Eva Olson, of Ames.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two brothers, Sam and Everette Lange; and one sister, Katherine Kelly.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mary Greeley Foundation Israel Family Hospice House.

Grandon Funeral and Cremation care is assisting the family with arrangements.

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