Arnold Charles Lang
ST. ALBANS BAY: Arnold Charles Lang, a lifelong Bay resident passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Franklin County Rehab Center with his sons at his side.
Arnold was born at home in St. Albans Bay, the son of the late William Hallie and Cora (Sherrer) Lang, on November 13, 1930.
On December 6, 1952, in Georgia Plain Baptist Church, he married Marjie Bragg and now is reunited with the love of his life whom he lost on August 17, 2019.
Arnold was one of a kind, the kind of humble that never bragged or boasted, who was there as a constant steady to all those he loved. Arnold committed to taking the opportunity of his schooling very seriously from a young age in which he skipped a grade in elementary school entered BFA vocational program and graduated in 1947, at the age of 16. He went on to work at the railroad on the section crew until he was 17 and could start his 4-year carman apprenticeship.
Arnold joined the National Guard Heavy Mortar Co. IN. 172WD Regiment, already Federalized and preparing to leave shortly to join the 43rd Div. for combat training, declared “Combat” ready in 1951. The division was sent to Germany with four other divisions under General Eisenhower. He was a life member of the Green Mountain Post #1, American Legion, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
After returning from the Army, he enrolled into the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Vermont under the GI Bill and graduated in 1958.
He spent the bulk of his career at the Missisquoi Paper Mill, in Sheldon Junction Vermont, as an Engineer and then Manager until his retirement in 1989.
Throughout school and his entire life, Arnold’s love for music and the trumpet grew into something he loved deeply. In school, he was taught by Sterling Weed. At the young age of 13, he joined his mother in The Guy Mossey Orchestra to play dance jobs that were popular after WW II, which he continued to do following his return from the service.
Survivors include his two sons and their wives, Daniel C. Lang and Betty, of St. Albans and Bradley T. Lang and Stephanie, of St. Albans; his grandchildren, Danielle Lang Corey and her husband, Gary of Fairfield and their twin daughters Halle and Kase, Shelby Lang and her fiancé, Nicholas Hayden of Georgia, Jennifer Benoit and her husband, Joseph and their son Joey, of Highgate and Chelsea Madison and her husband, Ralph and their son Ralph and daughter Josephine, from Bakersfield, Penny Hakey and her companion, Kevin Westover, of Alburgh, Tammy Lapan and her husband, Rick, of Swanton, Sarah Hakey of Franklin, and several other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Arnold is also survived by his sister, Eleanor Shepard
In addition to his parents and wife, Marjie, Arnold was predeceased by a grandson, Raymond Hakey Jr., brother, William Lang and his wife Betty, sister Norma and her husband Leonel “Buck” Bushey, brothers-in-law Ronald Shepard and Gerald Bragg.
Arnold’s family would like to send out a big thank you to the Franklin County Rehab for the love, care, and compassion given to Arnold and his family during his stay.
Arnold’s family will receive friends on Friday, October 13, 2023, from 5-7 pm at the Heald Funeral Home, 87 So. Main Street, St. Albans.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 14th, at 11 am at the St. Albans Bay United Methodist Church, 575 Lake Road, with Pastor Seokcheol Shin officiating. Prayers of committal and interment will follow in the St. Albans Bay Cemetery.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Franklin County Rehab, 110 Fairfax Road, St. Albans, VT 05478, or the St. Albans Bay United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 116, St. Albans Bay, VT 05481.
Honored to be serving the family of Arnold Lang is the Heald Funeral Home, where messages of condolence are welcome at www.healdfuneralhome.com
