Sadie E. Lange Obituary (1909 - 2009)

Sadie Ernestina Luloff Lange was born September 16,1909 on a farm five miles south of Aurora, Iowa. She was the daughter of William and Mary Roof Luloff. She attended a country school and Winthrop High School where she graduated with the class of 1926. She worked for five years at the Mental Health Institute in Independence, Iowa. While working there she met her future husband William. Sadie was united in marriage to William E. Lange on September 24, 1932 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. In 1935 they purchased a farm five miles north of Winthrop, Iowa. They were the parents of three children: Shirley, Bill, and Jim. She loved the outdoors and always had a large garden. She loved to cook and hosted many family and holiday gatherings. She also loved to go fishing. Sadie worked thousands of crossword puzzles. The Friday Evening neighborhood card clubs were a favorite for her during the winter months. Perhaps her favorite thing to do was to read the Bible, which was very special to her. She was a member of the Methodist Church now the Church of Christ United in Winthrop. Her family has always been an important part of her life - she loved them all so much. She lived in Fort Worth, Texas since July 2004, to be close to her daughter. Sadie entered into her eternal rest on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the James L. West Care Center in Fort Worth Texas at the age of 99. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill in 1993, her son Jim, four brothers: Raymond, Henry, Frederick, and Jesse; and two sisters: Elsie Luloff and Bessie Briggs. Survivors include her daughter Shirley (Robert) Doran of Fort Worth, TX; her son Bill of Cedar Rapids, IA; six grandchildren: Bruce R. Doran, Brad C. Doran, Brian Lange, Gwen Roberts, William Lange, and Donald Lange, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 17 at the Fawcett Funeral Home in Winthrop with Pastor Dean Schlitter officiating. Friends may call from 10 AM until services. Interment will be in Fremont Township Cemetery north of Winthrop. Casketbearers will be her grandsons and nephews. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fawcettsfuneralhome.com under obituaries.