Eleanor H. Lange

Eleanor H. (Laue) Lange, 97 of Kearney and formerly of the Gibbon Lowell Newark areas died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shelton, NE. Rev. Duane Duley and Rev. Jack Heck will officiate and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon. Visitation is planned Sunday from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney or prior to services Monday at the church. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lowell or the Gibbon Volunteer Fire and Rescue. A message of condolence, tribute or memory can be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of arrangements. Eleanor was born September 9, 1915 seven miles southwest of Kearney to Samuel and Louise (Nickel) Laue. She attended the Old Fort Kearney school known as District 18 for 8 years and the graduated from Kearney Longfellow High School in 1932. Eleanor was married to Dale Sheldon Lange on February 26, 1936 at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Kearney by County Judge; J.M. Easterling. In their first year of marriage and farming their crops were hailed out. Dale took a job at the Newark sandpit working seven days a week at seventy five cents a day. Their corn crop was picked by hand that fall in a single box wagon and then put in five bushel baskets and carried upstairs to be stored for seed the following spring. Their total savings the first summer was ninety dollars which was kept in a sugar bowl. They spent one dollar a week for gas and eighty cents a week for groceries the first year. Eleanor and Dale lived their entire married life in the Newark and Lowell communities farming and raising their five children until moving to Kearney in 2005. Eleanor was a hard worker. She always had a large garden that the family enjoyed in the summer. There was always plenty of fruit and vegetables canned for the winter. Her Parker House rolls and her pies were out of this world. Eleanor’s other hobbies included quilting, crocheting and sewing clothes for her family. She was a beautiful seamstress. Eleanor and Dale always looked forward to their Saturday night square dancing and card clubs. She also looked forward to having coffee at the neighborhood ladies birthday club. Eleanor was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lowell where she was confirmed on June 13, 1982 by Pastor Gustafson. Eleanor is survived by three daughters; E. Virgene Loeffelholz of Gibbon, Karen Hartman and husband Alvin of Gibbon, Ginger Holl and husband Kent of Elwood, NE, two son; Richard Lange and wife Julia of Gibbon and William Lange of Kearney, 18 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters; Doris Jorgensen and Joyce Jameson and husband Rhodell both of Minden and brother; Bernard and wife Alice Laue of Sun City, AZ. She is preceded in death by her husband Dale in 2007, two grandchildren; Lisa LaRae and Samuel Frederick Lange, one great grandchild; Krystal Marie Loeffelholz, brothers; Emil and wife Marian and infant brother Leo, sister; Evelyn and husband Ralph Olson and brother in law; Robert Jorgensen, son in law; Ralph Loeffelholz PDF Printable Version

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Eleanor H. Lange

September 9, 1915 - October 10, 2012