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Obituary for Lang


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday August 13, 2002

Tommy H. Lang, age 18, passed away Friday, August 9, 2002, after an accident. He was born January 12, 1984. He is survived by his father-T.H. Lang and his mother-Kimberley M. Lang of Albuquerque; T.H. Lang's wife-Shelly of Albuquerque; two younger sisters-Maggie Lang and Brittany Lang of Albuquerque; Shelly's children-Ryan and Kiersten Hall of Sacramento, Calif; grandmother-Margaret Gillespie of Albuquerque; grandmother-Carolyn Lanphere and husband Eric D. Lanphere of Albuquerque; great grandmother-Nell Cleveland of Galveston, Texas; two uncles-William P. Lang and wife Elizabeth of Albuquerque and Eric C. Lanphere and wife Debora of Albuquerque; three aunts-Angela Lang of Corrales, Lené Larson of Omaha, Neb and Marcelle Kirshner and husband Shaun of Camarillo, Calif.; and Kimberley Lang's longtime friend, Rob Young of Albuquerque. Tommy Lang was a recent graduate of Valley High School and was planning to attend Colorado State University this fall to study business and business law. He was a snowboarder, water-skier, scuba diver and wakeboarder. He also enjoyed aviation and automobile mechanics and collected foreign coins and exotic knives. He worked with aerobatic airplanes at White Walthram Airport, Maidenhead Berkshire, UK. He attended Calvary Chapel. Funeral services will be held today at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Chapel, 4001 Osuna Rd. NE, Pastor Skip Heitzig will be officiating. Pallbearers include T.H. Lang, Kimberley M. Lang, Shelly Lang, Rob Young, Maggie Lang and Brittany Lang. Honorary pallbearers are William P. Lang, Pepper Lang, Ryan Hall, Kiersten Hall, Lené Larson, Robert Brault, Jack Baker, Manuel Chavez, Eric C. Lanphere, Claude Padilla, Glynn Rice, Robbie Staehlin, Nigel Warren and Matt Varoz. Private interment will follow in the Fairview Memorial Park.