GARY W. LANGE

VERGENNES — Born on July 19, 1954, Gary W. Lange left the planet on July 23, 2025.

He lived a life full of love, laughter, joy and friendship, which he enjoyed thoroughly and immensely, and left with a heart full of gratitude for the life he was fortunate enough to live.

He was blessed to have a wonderful human being as his “girlfriend,” and as his incredible spouse. Martha Redpath was his lover, best friend, and an amazing mother to their children, Sam, Jon, and Grace, and now as grandmother to Coco, and Miles.

Gary’s greatest joy was in having a family and being a father. He has left the planet proud of the human beings his children have become.

Gary and Martha had large families, with nine other siblings and their spouses and resulting in 35 nephews, and nieces, and 21 great-nephews and nieces. Gary, a.k.a. Uncle G, loved being an Uncle. “Uncling,” as he called it, was one of his favorite activities.

He had a zest for life, and enthusiasm that was infectious. He had a love of physical activity and adventure from powder days at Mad River Glen, to skiing the “Birches,” back country ski trips, to golfing, hiking, triathlons, or a marathon. He had a true love of biking that bordered on addiction and included many, many miles over the years — many bike touring trips, including a casual 90 day, 3,900-mile bike trip across the U.S., and then some with his incredible spouse at age 60.

He enjoyed a four-decade career as an attorney, which he saw as a service profession, helping his clients through their business and estate planning needs. Many of his clientele were with him for decades. Many of them were friends who became clients, and many were clients who became friends. He was trusted and respected by all of his clients, and to his credit, many of his legal colleagues sought out his legal counsel and advice for their own legal needs.

He was dedicated to land conservation and represented many individuals seeking to conserve their property with land trust organizations, and would also represent the land trusts in these transactions. On this front, he was most proud of his work as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lake Champlain Land Trust in the early 1990s, and of his work as the Chair of LCLT’s project committee, ushering the conservation projects through the process. Under his tenure, and guidance LCLT was instrumental in conserving thousands of acres of land, miles of shoreline, and multiple islands.

A celebration of life service will be held at Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, Vt. on Aug. 11, from 4-6 p.m. Contributions in his memory can be made to Lake Champlain Land Trust at www.LCLT.org.◊