August F. "Gus" Lang, 97, died May 7, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 23, 1913 at Beaver, Kansas, the son of Robert and Anna (Reif) Lang. He married Anna Huslig July 15, 1940 at Odin, Kansas. She died July 15, 1977. He later married Mary Alice Welch Eastwood September 14, 1985 at Hoisington, Kansas. She died November 27, 2009. A lifetime resident of Barton County, Mr. Lang was a retired farmer, retiring in 1976. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Lang was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, both of Hoisington. Survivors include two sons: Jerome Lang and wife Janelle, Hoisington; and Gerald J. Lang, San Francisco, California; one daughter, Dolores A. Appel and husband Lores, Great Bend; two sisters, Elfreida Woydziak, Claflin, Kansas; and Susanna Redetzke, Hoisington; one brother, Marvin Lang, Hays, Kansas; grandchildren: Sandy Roth, Jennifer Bowman, Jackie Harvey, Joshua Lang, Dr. Janna Lang, and Jessica Mason; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Albert Lang, William Lang, Ernest Lang, and Vernon Lang; and one sister, Viola Weber. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington. Father Charles Mazouch will be celebrant. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park with military honors by American Legion Post #286 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7428. Friends may call from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, May 9, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, May 10, 2010 and and from 9:00 a.m. to service time Tuesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and St. John Parish Center, both of Hoisington, in care of the funeral home.