Mary H. (Mader) Lang, 92, formerly of Hays, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society-Ellsworth Village, Ellsworth. She was born Aug. 6, 1924, in Park to Martin and Mary (Basgall) Mader.

She married Melchior Lang on Nov. 12, 1945, in Park. He preceded her in death July 11, 2002.

She was a homemaker and a cook at the Quinter Hospital for a number of years. She retired and moved to Hays in 1981 and moved to Ellsworth in 2011. She was a member of St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays, and a former member of the Ladies Guild. She enjoyed cooking, quilting, dancing and her family.

Survivors include two sons, Tommy Lee Lang and wife, Jeanette, Atlanta, Ga., David James Lang and wife, Kerstin, Ellsworth; a brother, Alvin Mader and wife, Esther, Quinter; three sisters, Lillian McDermitt and Esther Befort and husband, James, all of Denver, and Angeline Denning, Salina; a sister-in-law, Karen Mader, Kansas City, Kan.; a brother-in-law, Harold Linenberger, Hays; four grandchildren, Melissa Stroud and husband, Gary, Scott Lang, Chelsea Clough and husband, Josh and Trevor Lang; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Raymond Mader, Sylvanius Mader and Herbert Mader; four sisters, Hildegard Wilderman, Rose Dreher, Josephine Leiker and Armella Linenberger; an infant brother and sister, Franiksa and Mary Mader; and a great-grandchild, Courtney Stroud.

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Cline's-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 E. 22nd, Hays, KS 67601 and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.

Memorials are suggested to St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church in care of the mortuary.

Hays Daily News, 8/4/2017