Joe Allen Lang
October 7, 1944 ~ November 5, 2015
Joe Allen Lang, 71, retired Chief Deputy Attorney for the City of Wichita, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015. Memorial Service, 2 p.m., Thursday, November 12, First Presbyterian Church. Joe was born October 7, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Taylor Scott Lowry and Eula Fern Deyoe Lowry. He grew up in Jetmore, Kansas and was a graduate of Jetmore High School, Sterling College, Emporia State University and Washburn University School of Law. Joe served in the United States Army 6th/27th Infantry Division and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was an elder and deacon at Wichita First Presbyterian Church; a member of Wichita North Optimist Club and Sterling College Board of Trustees and Alumni Council, a Sedgwick County Extension Master Gardener, 4-H photography leader, and a member of both the Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Joe was preceded in death by his mother, Eula Fern Deyoe Lang; father, Harry Lang; brother, Roger Dennis Lang and brother-in-law, Phillip Burnside. Survivors: loving wife, Teresa Ann Richards Lang of the home; daughter, Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Lang of New York, NY; sisters, Judy Lang Semenuk of Maryland, Anita Lang of Missouri, Laura Lang Burnside of Florida, Connie Lang Jobe (Tom) of Emporia, KS, Barbara Thomas (Bob) of Virginia; numerous nieces, nephews, 2 grand-nieces and many cousins. Memorials established with Wichita First Presbyterian Church and Sedgwick County Extension Education Foundation. Downing Lahey Mortuary West.
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My sincere condolences to the Lang family. Mr Lang was my High School History teacher and he taught me soo much! He made me who I am today. I wish I could have told him how awesome he was as I got older. Just know he was loved and appreciated.
Warm regards,
Cindy Loudenback Andrews