Iris Lang, 87, of Rushville died at 11:53 a.m. Aug. 22, 2019, at the Countryview Care Center in Macomb.Iris Lang, 87, of Rushville died at 11:53 a.m. Aug. 22, 2019, at the Countryview Care Center in Macomb.
She was born June 22, 1932, in Bainbridge Township, Schuyler County, Illinois, a daughter of Thomas Marion and Edna Bernice Conrad Ingles. She married Robert K. “Curly” Lang on Aug. 26, 1950, in Rushville. He preceded her in death on Sept. 30, 2009.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; stepmother, Helen Ingles; infant twins, brother Russell and sister Ruth Ingles; and one stepsister, Ethel Jay Klepfer.
Surviving are three children, Valerie J. Sprinkle and Melody A. Burke, both of Rushville and Kevin T. (and Mary) Lang of Bartonville; one sister, Marlene (and Allen) Munson of Yoakum, Texas; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A 1951 graduate of Rushville High School, she first worked as a waitress at the Virginia and a restaurant in Pittsfield. She would then serve as a correspondent for the Macomb Journal, writing a column on the Rushville news. Later, she worked at the A & P Store. For over 20 years, she was an office assistant at Schuyler-Brown FS in Rushville, retiring in 1989.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, the Schuyler American Legion Auxiliary #4 for over 50 years, and the Women of the Moose, all in Rushville. She volunteered as a Girl Scout leader. She started the Junior Bowling League.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville with Debbie Hester officiating. Private burial will be in the Rushville City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville.
Memorials may be made to the Culbertson Memorial Hospital Foundation or the Honor Flight.
Condolences may be sent to www.woodfh.net.
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