Obituary of Henry BANGE, Madison County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Inman Edwardsville Intelligencer. MANY HOMES ARE SAD HENRY BANGE, AMONG OLDEST RESIDENT IS BURIED Grim Reaper Cuts Swath as Spring time is Returning. Edwardsville today buried one of its oldest and highly respected citizens, Henry Bange, whose death as he neared the century mark, was told in the Intelligencer Saturday. He passed away at his residence, 243 Hillsboro Avenue at the advanced age of 91 years, 6 months, and 26 days. The funeral services were held at St. Boniface's Catholic church at 9 o'clock, Rev. C. T. Stalze having charge. He was assisted by Rev. Lorenz, a Redemptorist father of De Soto, MO, who has been here the past several days. Burial was made at St. Mary's cemetery. The pallbearers were six grandsons. They were Frank, Edward, and Gus Epping. Henry and George Schmidt and George Sido. Mr. Bange was born in Germany in 1827 and spent the first twenty- three years of his life in his native land. In 1850 he came to America locating in Edwardsville with a brother, Bernard Bange. His first acquaintance in Edwardsville was the late Vincent Ferguson. He went to work on the farm of the late John A. Prickett and later became manager of the Valley View farm, northeast of Edwardsville. In 1856 he returned to Germany to visit his parents. Three years later in 1859 he was married to Miss Angela Brüggen by Rev. Dubin of the Holy Trinity church in St. Louis. The couple located on a farm in Hamel township. He continued farming there until 1900 when he retired. The union was blessed with eight children, three of whom have preceded the father in death. His wife died about 18 months ago. Those who survive are Mrs. Fred Sido of St. Louis; Joseph Bange, Salisbury, Mo., Mrs. Lena Epping of Granite City; Mrs. Frank McCormick, Edwardsville and Frank Bange, Hamel. There are twenty- three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Many years ago Mr. Bange established a place among the respected residents of this section of the county and had a great many friends and acquaintances. Two of the daughters were unable to attend the funeral. Those attending from elsewhere were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bange and Ben Brüggen of Salisbury, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Hy. Schmidt, Boone, Ia., Fred Sido and children of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Epping, Nameoki; Edward, Gus, and Angeline Epping of Granite City. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Sharon Inman