Thomas Lang

Thomas Lang died surrounded by his family in his home on Saturday, December 3, 2016, after a two-year battle with cancer. 

Funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, at the St. Raphael Catholic Church with the Rev. Phil Schotzko officiating. Interment will be in the St. Raphael Cemetery at a future date.

Thomas Lang was born on June 29, 1950, to Roman and Kathleen (Roeser) Lang in Springfield, Brown County, Minnesota. He attended and graduated from Springfield Public School in 1968.  On December 10, 1983, Tom was married to Teresa Tiesler in Sioux Falls, S.D. Tom worked at Springfield Co-op., National Ag, Mathiowetz Construction, and Harvest Land Cooperative. Tom enjoyed trains (real and model), racing, camping, rock climbing, word find books, state campground hosting, but, most of all, family. 

He is survived by his wife, Teresa, of Springfield; children Joshua (Allyson) Lang and their children Niklas, Kayce, and Sarah of Andover, Travis (Kacey) Lang and their son Harvey of Alexandria, and Teri Lang (and special friend Billy Matejcek) of Springfield; mother Kathleen Lang of Springfield; brother Kenny (Gwen) Lang of Springfield; sisters Juli (Eric) Wahlborg of Sleepy Eye and Mary (Keith) Veenstra of Clements. Tom was preceded in death by his father, Roman Lang.

Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield was entrusted with funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.