Vivian Lange

Vivian Hoehn Lange passed away February 13, 2025, at the age of 95. Services were held on February 17 at Zion Lutheran Church in McGregor, Texas. The burial followed at the McGregor City Cemetery. Pastor J.T. Miller officiated. 

Vivian was born September 5, 1929, in Coryell City, Texas, the eldest child of the late Albert Hoehn and Ella Bohne Hoehn. She grew up on her family farm and graduated from McGregor High School. She met her husband, Henry Lange Jr, at church, and they were married July 14, 1949, at Zion Lutheran Church in McGregor. They had 69 wonderful years of marriage before his death in 2018. They began farming in McGregor, moving to their farm in Crawford in 1965. She began working at a sewing factory and later Marathon Battery. She enjoyed sewing, reading, and crocheting. Vivian was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in McGregor, where she taught Sunday school in her earlier years. Most of all, she loved her family and instilled strong values in all of them. She will be dearly missed and forever in their hearts.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; son, Ralph Lange; and sisters, Janet Schmalriede, Geraldine Allen, and Patsy Isbell. 

Survivors include her two daughters, Connie Mueller and husband Meryl, and Glynis Lange; grandchildren, Jeremy Lange and wife Melinda, Clayton Mueller and wife Kristina, and Ashley Richardson; great-grandchildren, Krista Lange, Zachary Lange, Mila Doucette, Ava Mueller, Wyatt Miller, Kire Richardson, and Lincoln Mueller; two sisters, Yvonne Schmalriede, and Albertine Hendrickson; two brothers, Larry Hoehn, and Charles Hoehn; sisters-in-law, Kaye Hoehn, and Viola Mize; brother-in-law, Sidney Allen; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family. 

Pallbearers were Jeremy Lange, Clayton Mueller, Zachary Lange, Curtis Schmalriede, Rodney Schmalriede, and Karl Hoehn.

For those desiring, the family has suggested Zion Lutheran Church, PO Box 156, McGregor, Texas 76657, for memorial contributions.