Folsom Funeral Service

George Henry Lang, Jr., a resident of Hyde Park and sexton and altar server at St. Anne’s Church, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at the West Roxbury Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.  He was 88.  George was born March 16, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George Henry Sr., and Ann Helen (Fitzgerald) Lang.  He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and then attended Northeastern University in Boston where he earned his Bachelor Degree. He worked as a Supervisor for the US Post Office at the South Boston Postal Annex for 40 years until his retirement in 1990.  George was a member of the Post Office Retirement Group, the Northeastern University Alumni Association, the Disabled American Veterans, and the Knights of Columbus Post 2259 in Quincy.  He was an active member of St. Anne’s Church in Readville where, in addition to volunteering as an Altar Server and a Eucharistic Minister, he also made his own rosary beads which he donated to shut ins when he visited them in hospitals and nursing homes.   George is survived by his wife, Elizabeth M. (McMahon) Lang; his daughters, Sharon M. Germano, and her husband John, of Dedham, and Gail S. Rubenstein, and her husband Barry, of Norwood; his brother, James B. Lang, of New Hampshire; his sisters, Ann “Nancy” Flaherty of Boston, Judith Lang of Boston, and Susan Abbott of West Roxbury; and his grandchildren, Christopher, Daniel, Michael, and Katherine Germano, and Jacob and Jessica Rubenstein.  He was the brother of the late Geraldine Cronin. Visiting hours will be held Friday, September 15th from 3 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 87 Milton Street, Dedham.  Relatives and friends are invite to gather at the funeral home starting at 9 am on Saturday before proceeding to St. Anne’s Church, 82 West Milton Street, Readville for George’s Mass of Christian Burial at 10 o clock.  Interment will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery on Grove Street in West Roxbury.  In lieu of flowers donations to St. Anne’s Church, 82 West Milton Street, Hyde Park, MA 02136 would be appreciated.

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