Charlotte Lange

Memorial services for Charlotte Lange, 94, of Groton will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 19th at the United Methodist Church, Groton. Rev. Matt Richards will officiate. Inurnment will follow in Union Cemetery under the direction of Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton.

Visitation will be held at the church for one hour prior to services on Tuesday.

Charlotte passed away August 13, 2014 at Golden Living Center, Groton.

Charlotte Anneliese Troebst was born on May 15, 1920, in Burgel, Germany, to Paul and Martha (Wuelfert) Troebst. She graduated from high school in 1938 in Jena, Germany and worked in the city bank in Jena from 1938 to 1949. Charlotte moved to Bielefeld, Germany, in 1949 and worked as an office employee until 1951. She immigrated to Canada in 1951 and worked as an office employee for Hudson's Bay Company in Vancouver, Canada until 1961. On March 10, 1961, she married Arthur Lange in Coeur d'alene, Idaho, and moved to Groton, South Dakota. Art and Charlotte were married for 39 years before his passing in April of 2010. Charlotte worked as a site supervisor for the Senior Nutrition Site in Groton for 22 years.

Charlotte was an active member of the United Methodist Church and the UMW. She was also a member of the Eastern Star Diana Chapter 83 in Groton, and the Groton American Legion Auxiliary. Her hobbies included cooking and baking, gardening, reading, and listening to music.

Celebrating her life is her daughter, Yvonne Lange, Groton, SD; two step-daughters; Jill (John) Cross of Monticello, MN, and Kristi (Bill) Hickman of Loveland, CO; one step-son, Dean Lange of Minneapolis, MN; and niece, Annemarie (Jurgen) Kornfeld of Bielefeld, Germany, nephew, Peter Troebst of Bielefeld, Germany and nephew, Michael Troebst of Germany.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Arthur Lange, one step-son, Joseph Lange; one brother, Helmut Troebst, and one sister, Erika Kubitzki.

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