Christa M. Lang

Christa M. Lang, 91, of 56 N. Lakeshore Drive, Candlewood Shores, Brookfield, and a former resident of Spruce Mountain Road, Danbury, died October 13 at Danbury Hospital.

She was the sister of Theodore Ruopp of Newtown.

Mrs Lang was born in Danbury August 2, 1909, a daughter of the late J. George and Anna Marie Pauline (Schulze) Ruopp. She had been a lifelong area resident.

Mrs Lang was a lifelong member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and had served with the Altar Guild, the Choir, and as a Church School teacher for many years.

She began a career in the hatting industry and had worked for the former Tweedy Silk Mill and later worked as an electronics assembler, concluding employment at the Gavagan Employment Company.

She married her husband, the late Albert P. Lang, in 1932. He died in 1968.

She is survived by a son, Albert P. Lang, Jr, and a daughter, Carol Lang, with whom she made her home; three other brothers, Martin Ruopp of Bridgewater, and Paul and Frederick Ruopp of Danbury; two sisters, Mrs Charles Bardo and Helen Ruopp, both of Danbury; and a sister-in-law, Mrs Edward Ruopp of Brookfield; three grandchildren, Paul Lang of Torrington, Grace Lang of Hudson, Fla., and Linda Goggins of New Port Richie, Fla.; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her sister, Dorothea Grube, and three brothers, Ernest, Edward, and Walter Ruopp.

A funeral was held at the Tomlinson Homestead, 336 Main St, Danbury, on October 17.

Memorial contributions to the Step of Faith Fund at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 32 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810 will be appreciated.

The Newtown Bee         October 20, 2000