Mary B. Lange
April 3, 1914 - April 12, 2004

Mary Lange WILTON, Iowa #45;- Mary B. Lange, 90, Wilton, died Monday, April 12, 2004, at Eagle Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 15, at Bentley Funeral Home, Wilton. The Rev. Bruce Giese will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist, Deb Mohr. Casket bearers are Ray Schroeder, Jim Voss, Dave Davies, Luke Giese, Vern Babcock and John Budding. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Wilton. Mrs. Lange was born April 3, 1914, in Wilton, the daughter of F.A. and Ida Feltman Martin. She married Robert H. Lange April 10, 1946, in Baltimore, Md. He preceded her in death Dec. 15, 1977. She graduated from Wilton High School in 1932 and from Iowa State Teacher's College, now the University of Northern Iowa, in 1934. She taught in Clarence, Tipton, and Marshalltown for 10 years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Wilton, Purity Chapter of Order Eastern Star and the BPW. She was an avid reader and collector. Survivors include a daughter, Loralyn Hogue and husband, Allan, of Potomac, Md.; two sons, Robert Lange and wife, Jo Ann, of Palatine, Ill., and Martin Lange of Austin, Texas; three grandsons, Andrew Lange, Lucas Hogue and Mark Hogue; and a sister, Gretchen Johnson of De Soto, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and two sisters, Elizabeth Martin and Mildred Fields.

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