Mr. Dennis Lange Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA Funeral services for Mr. Dennis Lange, 70, of West Monroe will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home-West Monroe with Eddie Simmons officiating. Mr. Lange will be laid to rest next to his wife Thursday at Locklin Cemetery in Thorndale, TX. Mr. Lange was born in Taylor, TX on April 18, 1937 and raised in the Noack community in Texas, and passed away Saturday November 3, 2007 in West Monroe, LA. Mr. Lange was preceded in death by his loving wife of 45 years Jane Ann Lange, father, Alfred Lange, two brothers, James and Billy Lange, and two stepsons, Randy and Truett Lane. Mr. Lange is survived by his mother, Irma Lange of Allen, TX; three children, Amanda Tackett and husband Terry of Pasadena, TX, Denise McCoy and husband Tommy of Thorndale, TX, Rupert Lange and wife Karen of West Monroe, LA; sister, Loretta Foreman and husband Ted of Allen, TX; seven grandchildren, Dana Tackett, Kyle and Morgan McCoy, Brittany, Brooke, Rupert Troy, and Randall Lange; dear friend and companion Sue Blakely of Monroe, LA; and a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. Lange was a member of ¨Downsville Masonic Lodge # 143, the regular chapter of ¨Royal Arch Masons #18, regular chapter of the ¨Council of Cryptic Masons #8, Knights Templer ¨Commander #007 of Monroe, LA, past Potenate of the ¨Barak Shrine Temple, charter member of the ¨Royal Order of Jesters, Monroe Court # 187, past member of ¨Monroe Scottish Rite Bodies, Mr. Lange started working at the age of 6 in the local store in Noack, TX counting eggs, making 5 cents a case. He used his very first paycheck of 35 cents to buy candy for his brothers and sister. Each Mother≠s Day he would bring home a cake with pink roses and ¨HAPPY MOTHER≠S DAY written on the cake because he knew how his Mom loved cake. He treasured and loved his Mother who is 93 years old and live in a nursing home in Allen, TX. His mother taught him about the importance of hard work and showing love and kindness to others. He enjoyed his visits with her up until about a year ago when he became too ill to travel. He graduated May 27, 1955 from Thrall High School in Texas. He was voted most popular boy in his Senior year and graduated with honors.