Veo. LL. Lang, Lap
Maker, Died Sat.

George E. Lang, 79, of 1508
Ash. Ave, widely known in
Monroe County as a map
maker, photographer and new:
paper reporter, syccumbed to
lymphatic leukemia at 6:45 P.
M. Saturday in the Kleitz Con-
valescent Home, 122 Cass St.
in Monroe.

Mr. Lang had had. several
heart attacks during the past

 

 

five years and had suffersd
several slight ‘strokes during
the past year. He suffered a

 

hedrt attack in his home on
December 19 and was found by
neighbors the following moi
ning. He recovered and was
taken to Monroe Hospital where
examination revealed the leu-
kemia condition. On December
21 he was transferred, to Uni-
versity Hospital in Ann Arbor
where he remained until. he
was taken to the Kleitz Con-
valescent Home in Monroe on
January 15.

Funeral services were held
in the Baker Funeral Home
yesterday, Wednesday. Burial
was in the family plot in the
Carleton Cemetery. Rev. Adolf
Bergman of the Carleton Meth-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

odist Church and Rev. F. L.
Pohly of the Evangelical U. B.
Chureh officiated. Members of
the Carleton Boy Scouts were
honorary guards at the services.

Bearers were Allie Parish,
Earl Baker, Ralph Baker, Ben
Hess, James Lang and Harold
Hause.

Mr. Lang never married. His
sister, Mrs. ‘Harry Hause, pre-
ceded. him on November 15,

 

 

 

 

1938. The sole survivors are
aunts and cousins.

Born October 8, 1873, Mr.
Lang was the son of Edwin and
Lavina Baker Lang whose par-
ents before. them had settled in
‘Ash Township. ‘fhe Bakers,
pioneers in this avea, settled on
a farm at the intersection of
Ready and Sweilser roads. Mr.

 

}/Lang’s paternal. grandparents
| were early German settlers in

the Port Creek area.

Mr. Lang's parents lived on
what is now the Albert Steck
farm at the time of his birth.
‘They later moved to the vil-
tage where the elder Lang op-
erated a blacksmith shop on the
site now occupied by the Reeves
& Sons bumping and painting
shop on north Hand St. George
helped his father in the black-
smith shop after school and Sat-
urdays

Mr, Lang attended the Carle-
ton High School but left before
graduation to attend the De-
troit Art School. He possessed
unusual artistic talent which
was evidenced in his drawings
and maps. In his later years he
became the only sign paintcr
in this area.

Mr. Lang relgted to the Mess=
enger editor that_he became
acquainted with Silas Farmer
while in Detroit, Farmer, the
author of several histories ef
the early development of this
section of the state, married in-
to a family from this area, The
friendship with Silas Farme:
led Mr. Lang toward his map
making project. While in De-
troit, he served a°YMCA branch
as secretary for a brief period.

Mr. Lang returned to Carle-
ton from Detroit about 1899
and embarked upon his map
making activities. He touree
Monroe County on a bicycle ta
gather information for the map.
He also became a reporter for

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