Lucille “Lucy” Grace Bang, daughter of Micah and Abbie Bang, was born at 4:08 PM on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, and had already gone to be with the Lord. She was 14 inches long and weighed 2 pounds, 0.5 ounces. She was absolutely beautiful.

Lucy Grace is dearly missed on earth by her Mama & Dada, big brother Ezra (who loved to give her big, sloppy wet kisses through Mama’s belly and many loving pats of varying gentleness), two great grandmothers, four grandparents, twelve aunts & uncles, seventeen cousins, and countless friends who would have loved to play dress up, kick a soccer ball, and otherwise just be pals.

We thank our many care teams at Doran Clinic for Women in Ames and University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City for extending honoring, compassionate care to us and Lucy as we navigated the many questions we had throughout her health journey. We are also deeply grateful to our Cornerstone Church community and many small groups for their prayers, tears, and generosity. Thank you Kylie Collins and Walk With You for doing just that and so much more. Thank you Paige Epkes for being there when we needed you. Thank you Adams Funeral Home for your hospitality and stewardship. And thank you, family and friends, for encircling us with love, support, and prayers (and food and coffee) for the past four months and many more to come. We are humbled by your kindness, charity, and service to us in our time of need.

To our sweet Lucy Grace, we love you so much and miss you so dearly. Forever our second child and always our first daughter, your short life has forever changed ours, and we long for the day when every tear will be wiped away from our eyes. We have had many prayers for your life and death. Yes, we hope and pray that God would use your small, but immeasurably precious life, to do something mighty for His Kingdom. We also pray that lost souls who wouldn’t have otherwise known Jesus would come to faith in Him because of your story. But, more than these things, we prayed for you to know how precious, treasured, and loved you are. And now, as you experience God’s fullness of joy, we continue to pray for God’s will to be done and for the reality of the gospel to shine brightly from the darkness of this valley – for His glory and our good.

All are invited to Lucy’s funeral, held at 10 AM on Saturday, November 22, at Cornerstone Church (3425 Turing St, Ames, IA 50010), with lunch to be provided after. The service will also be livestreamed at cornerstonelife.com/funeral. If you feel led to do so, consider implementing a touch of pink in your attire on this day. Lucy Grace truly melted our hearts to the color pink during our sweet time with her. A private family burial will take place at 1 PM at Ames Municipal Cemetery. Lucy’s final resting place will be the Cornerstone Church graveyard, pending completion in 2026.

In lieu of flowers, we would be honored if you gave to a memorial fund set up by Cornerstone Church in honor of Lucy Grace (online gifts can be made at cornerstonelife.com/give – please select “Bang Memorial Fund,” or by check made out to Cornerstone Church with the memo “Bang Memorial Fund”). This fund will be used to annually sponsor Salt Company scholarships for fall retreat and Salt Conference, as well as provide funding to other causes (e.g., Walk With You) that have helped us along this path.