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The Rev. Albert K. Lane Jr., 80, a retired Elder, died May 22, 2013, at his home in Finksburg. The Rev. Laura Easto officiated at a funeral service May 24 at Westminster UMC.

Born Dec. 22, 1932, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Albert K. Lane Sr. and Lora Hicks Lane.

He and Grace W. Lane, married in 1955 and had four children who survive..
Lane was a 1951 graduate from Baltimore Polytechnic High School, a 1954 graduate of Johns Hopkins University and a 1968 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary. He was a veteran of the Army Corps of Engineers.

He was a retired pastor, who served the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church since 1965. He served the Jollytown Charge in Pennsylvania, then in 1966 began his career in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. He was appointed to Libertytown UMC, then in 1968 to Wesley-Freedom UMC until 1973, when he was appointed to Lexington Park UMC. In 1978, he moved to Forestville UMC until 1982 when he was transferred to Catonsville UMC, followed by Pleasant Hill UMC in Owings Mills in 1988. He retired in 1995, but continued to serve churches where needed: Bethel, Stone Chapel, Wesley in Hampstead, Calvary in Gamber and Westminster United Methodist churches.

Lane was an avid sports fan, especially enjoying Johns Hopkins lacrosse, Baltimore Orioles baseball and Baltimore football.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are son, the Rev. Albert K. Lane III of Walkersville; daughters Martha E. Milli of Reisterstown, Jean A. Litfin of Eldersburg, and Helen L. Semkiw of New Market; 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Condolences May be sent to his wife, Grace Lane, 2525 Baltimore Road, Trailer 24, Finksburg, MD 21048-1826. Online condolences may be offered at www.fletcherfuneralhome.net.

Memorial contributions may be made to Westminster United Methodist Church, 165 E. Main St., Westminster, MD 21157; or the University of Maryland Medical Center, Division of Transplantation, 29 S. Greene St., Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201.