NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 M. C. LANGE Martin C. Lange enjoys distinct prestige in the business circles of Sioux City, where he is efficiently serving in the responsible position of treasurer of the Knapp & Spencer Company, to the success of which concern he is a contributing factor. Born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, on the 4th day of November, 1894, he is a son of C. A. and Cora R. (Simons) Lange, the former a native of Wisconsin and the latter of Travis, Minnesota. The father was a construction engineer in the employ of the state of Wisconsin giving his attention to the building of roads, and he and his wife are still living in that state. Of the six children born to them, Martin, C. Lange is the oldest. He attended the public schools of North Freedom and then took a course in a business college in Baraboo, Wisconsin. In April, 1918, he went to work for the Wisconsin Zinc Company, at Plattesville, Wisconsin, but soon afterwards resigned and enlisted for service in the World war, being assigned to the Forty-eighth Coast Artillery, with which he served until receiving an honorable discharge in 1919, Mr. Lange came to Sioux City as bookkeeper for the Knapp & Spencer Company, by whom his ability and faithfulness were quickly recognized, and he was successively promoted from time to time until, in 1922, he became treasurer of the company, which position he is now filling. Mr. Lange is vice president and a director of the Interstate Association of Credit Men, is a member of the Riverside Boat Club, the High Twelve Club and the Credo Club. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, in which he belongs to lodge, chapter and commandery, and is also a member of the American Legion. Politically Mr. Lange maintains an independent attitude but in all affairs affecting the well being of the community he takes an active interest. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and, because of his business success, his splendid character and his friendly manner, he is held in high esteem by all who know him. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/