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12/31/2001
Louis "Ted" Lange

Louis "Ted" Lange, 81, Pipestone, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne.

Funeral services were on Thursday, Dec. 27 at St Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone with the Rev. Evan Schiller officiating. Music was by Bonnie Folkerts, pianist and Chaplain David and Gail Jahn, duet. Interment was in Holland Cemetery with pallbearers Richard Clarksean, Ross Lange, Mike Fruechte, Lyle Landgren, Daniel Lange and Ryan Hallum. Military graveside service was by Michael Boock American Legion Post #6 of Pipestone.

Louis William Carl "Ted" Lange was born to Carl and Lillian (Rosburg) Lange, Jr. on May 20, 1920 on the family farm in Altona Township of Pipestone County where he was raised and attended country school in District #68. He worked on the farm until he entered the United States Army on April 19, 1942. He served his country honorably receiving his discharge on Nov. 2, 1945. Following his discharge, Ted returned to the family farm to help his brothers. On March 4, 1949, he was united in marriage to Matilda Ver Sluys in Holland. Following their marriage, they moved to a farm one mile from his parents in Troy Township of Pipestone County. They resided on their homestead from 1949 until 1980 when they retired from farming and moved to Ortonville. In 1992, they moved to Canon City, Colo. and in 1996 they moved back to Minnesota. Due to Ted’s failing health, he was admitted to Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne on Nov. 3, 1999.

He was a member of St Paul Lutheran Church of Pipestone where he had served as church elder. He also served as a bank director for the bank in Elkton, S.D. He was a member of the school board for District #68 and the Verdi Public School System.

He is survived by his wife Matilda; four children, Anita (Carl) Hallum, Adrian, Richard (Janice) Lange, Billingham, Wash., Robert (Debra) Lange, Pipestone, Linda Johnson, Red Wing; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; one brother, Norman (Colleen) Lange, Crosby.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Leona Pottratz and Velma Landgren and one brother, Alvin Lange.

Individuals: Bowen, Patricia Louise nee' Kuester, Full location of birth.

Carl married Rosburg, Lillian Ellenora Maria in UNKNOWN. Lillian (daughter of Rosburg, William Friedrich Christian and Rieck, Louise Dorethea) was born on 13 Nov 1897 in Iowa Township, Benton, Iowa, USA; was christened on 12 Dec 1897 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 6 Mar 1974 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Mar 1974 in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Elkton, Brookings, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lange, N.N. was born on 17 Jun 1918 in Altona Township, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA.
2. Lange, Louis William Carl was born on 20 May 1920 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA; died on 23 Dec 2001 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Dec 2001 in Holland Cemetery, Holland, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA.
3. Lange, Velma May was born on 28 Mar 1924 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA; died on 5 Dec 2000 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Dec 2000 in Old Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA.
4. Lange, N.N. was born on 20 Dec 1925 in Altona Township, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA.