Dateline: Salina, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Francis Joseph “Fritz” Lang                          Age: 76

Date of Death: May 12, 2016

Place of Death: Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas

Date of Birth: April 22, 1940 at Great Bend, Kansas

Parents Name: Frank and Gertrude (Eckert) Lang

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Sharon Weber July 20, 1963. They later divorced. He married Agnes R. Stos November 20, 1981 at Hoisington, Kansas.

He was an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad and a driver for Mid-Continent LP Service.

He was a member of American Legion, Hoisington, and United Transportation Union Local #804, where he served as past chairman.

 

SURVIVORS

Wife: Agnes R. Lang, of the home

two sons: Keith Lang and his wife Michelle of Hoisington, and Rod Hitschmann of Fort Worth, Texas

one sister: Lorene Reif and her husband Don of rural Hoisington

one brother: Melvin Lang and his wife Yvonne of Perry, KS

four grandchildren: Kody Lang, Kyle Lang, Kortney Lang and Garrett Hitschmann

former wife, Sharon Lang

 

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Lyle Lang and Kenneth Lang.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Time of Service: 10:30 a.m.

Place of Service: St. Patrick Catholic Church in Great Bend

Officiant: Father Ted Stoecklein

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery North, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: American Lung Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas         67530