Carman Scott Lane, 83, Appleton, a former owner of a Stevens Point music store and the first and longtime director of the Stevens Point barbershoppers, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at his home.
There will be a private gathering for family members.
Mr. Lane was born July 29, 1926, in Wild Rose, a son of the late Scott and Sara Therese (Potter) Lane.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He returned to Wisconsin after service and attended Central State Teachers' College in Stevens Point. He later obtained a master's degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Ill.
He was married to June (Judy) Graham on Dec. 22, 1948, in Stevens Point. She died on March 4, 2003.
He taught English, math and music in Colby and Auburndale, then went into business with his father-in-law, Benny Graham, whose dance band he had performed in throughout his college years.
Together, they opened Graham-Lane Music Shop in Stevens Point. He later worked at Cooperative Educational Service Agency, establishing gifted-and-talented programs in rural Wisconsin schools.
After returning to teaching math in the 1980s, he and his wife retired to a lake home in Irma. In 2005, he moved to Appleton.
Music was always a major part of his life, and he was still actively performing this year. He directed the Stevens Point Barbershop chorus for 30 years and played piano in the Don Chesebro Quartet, the Bunny Berigan Memorial Band, the Uncalled Four Plus Two and countless other music groups.
Survivors include four daughters, Laurie Lane Witt, San Bruno, Calif., Carrie Lane Gruselle, Appleton, Patti Lane Gmeiner, Niagara, and Jenny Lane, Cupertino, Calif.; two brothers, Leonard, Stoughton, and Richard, McFarland; and eight grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by one sister, Dorothy Straw; and two brothers, Albert and Wayburn.