Jan. 12, 1917 - Dec. 5, 2006
LITCHFIELD -- Zeola Mary Lange, 89, of Litchfield died Tuesday at Emmanuel Home in Litchfield.
The service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Nazarene in Litchfield. Burial will be at Lake Ripley Cemetery in Litchfield.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home in Litchfield and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
She was born Jan. 12, 1917, in Wrightstown Township, Ottertail County, to Frank and Grace (Hartman) Captain. She grew up in rural Bertha and graduated from Bertha High School in 1935.
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She married Arthur Lange on Aug. 25, 1938. They owned and operated a dairy farm near Bertha until 1970, when they moved to Litchfield. Arthur died in 1977. She worked at Jennie-O Foods in Litchfield and retired in 1985. She moved to Gloria Dei Manor in 1994, to Bethany Home in 2002, and to Emmanuel Home in 2004.
She was a 4-H Leader, volunteered as a Sunday school secretary, and church nursery worker, was an active member of the Church of God Ladies Mission Society in Bertha, and the Extension Home Makers Club in Todd County.
She is survived by her children: Joyce Thompson of Shoreview, Roseann (and Gary) Graphenteen, Doris (and Harold) Johnson, all of Litchfield; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her siblings.
