Albert Lenge

Albert A. Lenge, 83, of West Hartford and Niantic, beloved husband for over 58 years of Rena Tonino Lenge, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006. He was born in West Hartford, on April 14, 1923, son of the late Frank and Concetta Bordieri Lenge. Al graduated from Hall High School in 1942 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Immediately after the war he rejoined the family business now know as Lane & Lenge Florist. Al was an entrepreneur and in 1965 he purchased Maico Hearing Services allowing him to pursue the electronic skills he acquired in the U.S. Navy. He retired from The Albert A. Lenge Hearing Aid Services in 1993. Al's life was a life of service to family, friends and community. His pleasures were the rhythms and beauty of nature and the many instances of strength, courage and magnitude manifested in the lives of ordinary people confronting the challenges of everyday living. Besides his wife he is survived by their three children; his son, Albert P. Lenge, Esq. and his wife, Denise Bruneau Lenge and their children, Leanne, Chelsea and Matthew; his daughter, Marguerite Lenge Weaver and her husband, James Weaver and their children, Gregory Weaver, Esq. and his wife Catherine Smith Weaver, Carolyn and Julie; his daughter Elizabeth Lenge Keenan and her husband William J. Keenan, Jr. Esq. and their children, Jeffrey and Sandra, all of West Hartford. He is also survived by his brother, Nicholas A. Lenge, Esq. and his wife Connie, sister, Lucy Lenge Dinucci and her husband Guido, brother-in-law Richard Tonino and his wife Arline as well as many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be TODAY, December 15 at the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, from 3-7p.m. The funeral will be Saturday beginning with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10a.m., in the Church of Saint Peter Claver, 47 Pleasant Street, West Hartford. Burial services will follow at Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Donations in his memory may be made to The Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools, 50 South Main Street, Room 126, West Hartford, CT 06107. Online messages of remembrance and sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Albert Lenge

April 14, 1923 - December 13, 2006