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ELMER F. LANGE
Elmer F. Lange was born April 13, 1917, at Sac City, Iowa, and was a lifelong resident of that community. He passed away May 6, 1990, at the age of 73 years.
Mr. Lange attended Sac City public schools. He attended both Iowa State and Drake Universities. He joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and graduated from Officers Candidate School before being sent overseas. He was captured by the German Army in 1944 and held hostage in POW camps until the Division was liberated in May, 1945. On June 16, 1946, he married Beth Thomas and they were the parents of two daughters; Mary Beth Williams of Garden City Kansas and Martha Jane Lange of Guffey, Colorado, and have two grandsons.
Elmer Lange was elected to the House of Representatives in 1960 and served in the 59th, 60th and 60th Special sessions. Senator Lange was elected to the Senate in 1962 and served in the 61st, 62nd and 63rd General Assemblies. In 1969 he served as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate.
In 1971, Mr. Lange was elected as the first SCORE/ACE Director for the ACTION Agency in Washington, D.C.; was then appointed in 1975 as State Director for ACTION in Lincoln, Nebraska. He retired from Federal Government in 1983, but still remained active in the political scene.
Mr. Lange was co-owner-operator of the Sac City Creamery; President of the Iowa Ice Cream Manufacturers Association and of the Madison Holding Company. Mr. Lange was Senior Vice President and on the Board of Directors of the Union State Bank in Winterset, Iowa; Board member of the Midwest Energy Company.
Elmer Lange was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Sac City, and served as Trustee, Deacon and Ruling Elder.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Elmer F. Lange, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and that the Senate by this Resolution, expresses its appreciation of his service to the State and tenders its sympathy and kindest regards to the members of his family.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
LINN FUHRMAN, Chair
DONALD V. DOYLE
BILL HUTCHINS
Committee