J. Stanley Lang

LANG, J. Stanley 96, died Wednesday, Oct. 14 at his Hingham home. He was born in 1913 in Washington, D.C. the oldest of 2 sons of Harold Locke Lang and the former Lillian Stanley. He was raised in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania-near Pittsburgh. He graduated form high school in 1931, as valedictorian of his class, and graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1935. He worked briefly as an accountant for Price Waterhouse, then began a forty year career with State Street Trust Co. in Boston. He retired as a vice-president in 1978. Mr. Lang served in the U.S.Army in W.W.II in France & Germany, form 1944-1946, and was honorably discharged as a master sergeant. After his retirement, he enjoyed several trips to Rome, GA, to visit with his son & daughter-in-law, from where they traveled & hiked in the Appalachian Mountains. Mr. Lang loved trains, and took two memorable trips to meet up with them on the "Southern Crescent" to travel onto New Orleans. Mr. Lang loved music and was knowledgeable about classical music. He was in the Harvard Glee Club, and loved to sing with his beautiful baritone voice. Most of all, he loved his time with family at their summer "Cottage" in Truro on Cape Cod. There he spent parts of most of the summers of his life, enjoying the company of four generations of Langs & their friends. Mr. Lang enjoyed Worlds End, where he would walk in all seasons, but seemed happiest in the face of a stiff northeast wind with snowflakes blowing. He would briskly walk around the entire perimeter in one hour flat and was not easy to keep up with. He loved his home on Main St. in Hingham, and expressed the notion that he never wanted to leave until "they carry me out feet first.: In spite of a debilitating stroke in 2002, he was able to live at home and die there in his sleep, thanks to the love, faithful care, and companionship of Maureen Doyle, Kerry O'Keefe, Clare O'Keefe, Linda Sylvester, Sandy Caldwell, Casey O'Hare, Trish Hurley & Linda Hersey. Mr. Lang's beloved wife of sixty years, the former Barbara Grieves of South Weymouth, died in the year 2000. He had cared for her faithfully through many years of advancing infirmity. His brother, H. Bickford Lang, M.D. of Barrington, RI. died earlier this year at age 93. He is survived by his son, Peter W. Lang, M.D. & his wife, Beth, of Cummington,Ma. 2 nieces, Barbara Lang Crowell of Barrington,RI & Nancy Grieves Boulanger of Plymouth, MA & 3 nephews Stephen B. Lang of Barrington, RI, William H. Grieves of Plymouth, MA & Richard W. Grieves of Cumberland, ME. A Memorial Service will be Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. in the SOUTH WEYMOUTHMcDonald Funeral Home, 809 Main St. (Rt.18 opp. South Shore Hospital) Relatives & friends invited. There are no calling hours. Donations in his memory can be made to Trustees of Reservations 572 Essex St. Beverly, MA 01915, towards the maintenance of Worlds End.