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Descendants of William Lake

221. MARY LOU⁷ LAKE (CLARENCE FRANK⁶, CLARENCE BRUCE⁵, SIMEON S.⁴, HARRISON B.³, WILLIAM LAKE² JR., WILLIAM¹ LAKE) was born February 03, 1923 in Grafton, WV. She married HARVEY ALLEN RICKERT October 04, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, son of HARVEY RICKERT and VERA PARSONS.

Notes for MARY LOU LAKE:
Mary Lou was born in Grafton, West Virginia. She graduated from Grafton High School in 1941. She was one of the first two majorettes in the band and was active in Student Council, Rifle Club and Thespians. She graduated with high honors from Wilson School of Medical Science, Boston, Massachusetts and was examined and registered as a Medical Technologist (M.T.) with the American Medical Technologist in 1943. She was a Medical Technologist at Springfield City Hospital, Springfield, Ohio and for W. Stanley Curtis, M.D., Youngstown, Ohio.

In 1947, she gave up her career to rear her two children. She became active in civic and social activities, serving in many capacities in Mothers Club and P.T.A. She was a Sunday school teacher and served on other church projects. She gave five years service to the Girl Scouts as Day Camp Chairman, Leader, Neighborhood Chairman for Boardman, Ohio. She was also District Chairman and served on the board of directors of the Youngstown Girl Scout Council. She was a founder and first president of Colony Garden Club. She was also a member of the Mahoning County Republican Women's Club.

She was a den mother in boy scouting. She worked on the heart and cancer fund drives as captain. She also was an officer (secretary) of Allen Development Corporation, a building concern. Her hobbies are bridge, bowling, golf, oil painting, knitting and entertaining, boating and flying. In recent years, she has become interested in mental health and attended three summer courses on mental health given by the world famous Dr. Karl Menninger at Chautauqua, New York. She studied in interviewing and bio-psycho-social diagnostic evaluations at Syracuse University, Chautauqua Center.

She is a member of the following: First Presbyterian Church, Youngstown, Ohio; Daughters of the American Revolution; Colony Garden Club; Youngstown Hospital Guild; Y.W.C.A.; Girl Scouts; Easter Seal Society; Chautauqua Women's Club, Chautauqua, New York; Chautauqua Art Association; and the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.

Letters from Mary Lou Lake Rickert to Lawrence Rex Lake.

More About MARY LOU LAKE:
Education: Medical Technologist

More About HARVEY RICKERT and MARY LAKE:
Marriage: October 04, 1941, St. Louis, Missouri

Children of MARY LAKE and HARVEY RICKERT are:

	i.		SHARON LOU⁸ RICKERT.
	ii.		JR. HARVEY ALLEN RICKERT.

222. WALTER WILLIAM (JR.)⁷ LAKE (WALTER WILLIAM⁶, CALDER⁵, SIMEON S.⁴, HARRISON B.³, WILLIAM LAKE² JR., WILLIAM¹ LAKE) was born July 03, 1921 in Taylor County, WV. He married DOROTHA MAE JENKINS.

Notes for WALTER WILLIAM (JR.) LAKE:
Taylor County Birth Book 7 - Page 185 (Walter).

Children of WALTER LAKE and DOROTHA JENKINS are:

	i.		JAMES JACKSON⁸ LAKE, b. April 21, 1944.
	ii.		MARY ANN LAKE, b. November 07, 1945.
	iii.		WILLIAM EUGENE LAKE, b. September 10, 1947.

223. DORSEY CLYDE⁷ LAKE (WALTER WILLIAM⁶, CALDER⁵, SIMEON S.⁴, HARRISON B.³, WILLIAM LAKE² JR., WILLIAM¹ LAKE) was born October 27, 1922. He married EMMA JEAN HENDERSON.

Notes for DORSEY CLYDE LAKE:
Taylor County Birth Book 11 - Page 199 (Patricia), Book 11 - Page 280 (Barbara), Book 11 - Page 371 (Martha).

Children of DORSEY LAKE and EMMA HENDERSON are:

	i.		PATRICIA LOU⁸ LAKE, b. January 12, 1949, Taylor County, WV.
	ii.		BARBARA JO LAKE, b. April 29, 1950, Taylor County, WV.
	iii.		MARTHA JEAN LAKE, b. September 23, 1951, Taylor County, WV.

224. OPAL⁷ CROSS (ARTHUR⁶, JOHN⁵, GEORGE WASHINGTON⁴, NIMROD³, MARY (MOLLIE)² LAKE, WILLIAM¹) She married EDWARD KENNETH WAY.

Child of OPAL CROSS and EDWARD WAY is:

STELLA⁸ WAY, m. ? COTTRILL.

225. BERNARD CARLILE⁷ LAKE (EMMET RUSSELL⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born January 01, 1918 in Fairmont, Marion County, WV, and died January 14, 1990 in Fairmont, Marion County, WV. He married NAOMI HAYHURST, daughter of ELI J. HAYHURST.

Notes for BERNARD CARLILE LAKE:
The following is the obituary from The Fairmont Times at the time of Bernard's death:

Bernard C. Lake, 72, of Satterfield Street (Fairmont, WV) died Sunday January 14, 1990 at 1:45 p.m. at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Clarksburg. He was born January 1, 1918 in Fairmont, son of the late Emmet R. and Marie Shuttlesworth Lake.

Survivors include his wife, Naomi Hayhurst Lake, two sons: Jimmie Lake of Fairmont and Randy Lake of Virginia; five grandchildren: Jacinda, Joy, Brandy and Brian Lake and Carrie Nesselrotte and one great grandchild. Three brothers, Kenneth, Carl and Edwin Lake are deceased.

He was a machinist with Armstrong Cork in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania for several years and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Friends may call at the Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home Monday from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Services will be held at the funeral home with the Rev. Daniel L. Ashcraft officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Nebo Cemetery on Bunner Ridge.

(1) Family records of Emmet Lake.
(2) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 4 - Page 109 (Bernard), Book 9 - Page 143 (Jimmy), Book 11 - Page 128 (Randy).

More About BERNARD CARLILE LAKE:
Burial: Mt. Nebo Church Cemetery, Bunner Ridge, Fairmont, WV

Children of BERNARD LAKE and NAOMI HAYHURST are:

253.	i.		JIMMY EUGENE⁸ LAKE, b. November 04, 1946.
254.	ii.		RANDY WAYNE LAKE, b. June 16, 1952.

226. SR. KENNETH LEO⁷ LAKE (EMMET RUSSELL⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born February 16, 1920 in Fairmont, Marion County, WV. He married (1) BILLIE RIDGELY. He married (2) RUBY ?.

Notes for SR. KENNETH LEO LAKE:
(1) Family records of Emmet Lake.
(2) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 5 - page 126 (Kenneth), Book 8 - Page 132 (William), Book 9 - Page 134 (Nancy).

Children of KENNETH LAKE and BILLIE RIDGELY are:

255.	i.	SR. WILLIAM EMMET⁸ LAKE, b. September 25, 1940.
256.	ii.	JR. KENNETH LEO LAKE.
257.	iii.	NANCY LEE LAKE, b. July 30, 1944, Marion County, Fairmont, WV.

Children of KENNETH LAKE and RUBY ? are:

	iv.		TRESA⁸ LAKE.
	v.		VALERIE LAKE.
	vi.		LESTER LAKE.

227. CARL LEONARD⁷ LAKE (EMMET RUSSELL⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born December 27, 1921, and died June 01, 1959. He married ELIZABETH LENA REIDEL September 27, 1947 in Newburgh Heights, Ohio. She was born May 20, 1925, and died January 20, 1984.

Notes for CARL LEONARD LAKE:
The following article was prepared by Carl Lake Jr. about his dad and his family:

Carl L. Lake Sr.
1921 - 1959

"Carl was discharged from the marines in December 1945 at Bainbridge, Maryland. He reportedly did not ever return to Fairmont, West Virginia, his boyhood home. Instead, for reasons not known to me, he took up residence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 1947, he relocated to Cleveland, Ohio and again no reason is known for this move. He would have several residences in the city before he moved in at 6102 Detroit Avenue, a boarding house on Cleveland's west side. It was here that he would meet Elizabeth (Betty) Schmidt, a 22 year old war widow. She worked as a cleaning lady, keeping halls waxed and cleaned. One day, she was scrubbing the hall outside Carl's room when he opened the door and proceeded to instruct her on the proper way (the marine way) to clean a floor. He was dressed in baggy pants a t-shirt and sporting a large pipe hanging off his lips. Betty would recall later, 'he looked so stupid with that pipe in his mouth that he was actually cute.' Apparently, a relationship ensued and the two were married on September 27, 1947 by the Justice of the Peace in Newburgh Heights, Ohio.

They moved from the boarding house into a small apartment on Cleveland's east side. During this time, Carl began suffering from ulcers that he had been treated for in California during the war. He petitioned the Veteran's Administration to assist him and was awarded a small disability and medical treatment.

On June 23, 1948, the couples first child was born: John Carl Lake, named for Betty's father and Carl. They moved to a slightly larger apartment at 7207 Lexington Avenue. It was here their second child, Lora June Lake, was born. After her birth, they moved into Cedar Estates, a public housing project on East 22nd and Cedar Avenue. Carl also entered a tv/radio repair course at East High School and was living off a Veterans Administration grant while in school. While it is not known whether or not he completed the course, it is known that he never entered the profession. His occupations would include, over the years, metal worker, clothes presser, metal fabricator as well as others. Even though he rarely, if ever, missed a day of work, he never made enough to support his family. It is my opinion that by now, six years after leaving the marines, a deep depression had set in due to his lack of hope for a future.

On June 17, 1951, Michael Russell Lake was born. On November 17, 1952, Betty gave birth again. Terrance was born at home. He was born blue and was feared dead. He did revive, however.

During the winter of 1952/1953, a snowstorm struck, leaving in it's wake snow drifts that reached the second floor of the project balconies. It is said that Carl would hang drop his children from the balcony into the snow, much to their delight. However, the storm also trapped the buildings occupants. Carl and some of the other men would man shovels and dig tunnels to each entrance. Afterward, the men would track their way to the grocery store to bring back supplies to the project families.

On November 14, 1954, a fifth child was born: Richard Allen Lake. This year, a new project opened across Cedar Avenue from St. Vincent's Hospital at East 30th Street. The Lakes moved to a brand new apartment at 2346 East 30th Street. It was around this time that Carl's alcoholism peaked. He would be known to leave for work on Friday morning and not come home until Sunday night. His ulcers would flare up because of the alcohol consumption. It is told that around this time also that the couple would contemplate divorce. For whatever reason: the kids, money, whatever, the divorce would never come about.

Carl had not been what Betty's relatives would consider a perfect husband. But still, the brothers, sister and parents would visit the Lakes on Easter and at Christmas. On one of the rare occasions that Betty's mother would visit off holiday, Carl had just finished cleaning and the floors had been stripped and rewaxed by him. Apparently, the children had gotten into the saltine crackers and a few crumbs had gone unnoticed on the floor. When Pauline arrived, she immediately noticed the crumbs, retrieved a broom and dustpan and cleaned up the mess. In doing so, she uttered something that besmirched the cleanliness of the Lake house and likened it to a pig sty. Having been cleaning all day, apparently Carl did not feel the remark was justified and basically instructed her as to the location of the front door, advised her not to let it injure her rear end on the way out and invited her to never return. Until her death in 1992, Pauline never reentered the Lake house, as was also the case with Betty's brothers and her father. Marge, Betty's sister, would be known to visit her sister for a few minutes every three years. In all fairness, it must be noted that Carl's relatives would never visit either in the twelve years they were married.

By 1957, Carl's ulcers would worsen to become bleeding duodenal ulcers and require surgery. On May 2, 1957 Carl was admitted to Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Parma, Ohio. They surgically removed the ulcers. He was progressing along well when on May 27, he began experiencing chest pain. An electrocardiogram was performed and it was diagnosed as a heart attack. Carl would spend the next three months recuperating at home, returning to work sometime in August.

On June 30, 1958, the couples last child was born: Carl Leonard Lake Jr. This baby would not only inherit Carl's name, but also his ulcers. On June 1, 1959, Carl came home from work at 3::30 p.m. He got himself a cup of coffee and sat at the kitchen table where he picked up Carl Jr. from the floor. He lit a cigarette. At 3:40 p.m., Carl dropped the cigarette to the table, dropped Carl Jr. (ll months old) to the floor, said 'Betty' and collapsed to the floor, dying instantly of a massive heart attack. On June 4, 1959, Carl's relatives would see him one last time, the first since 1941, at his funeral. Carl was given a military funeral and interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Other than a card at Christmas and an annual ten minute telephone call, Betty would never hear from Carl's relatives. Emmet, Carl's father, would be the only contact two times a year, with the West Virginia Lakes. When Emmet died in 1974, we received one last telephone call from Dorothy Bunner informing us of his death.

John Lake joined the marines in 1966. He joined the Cleveland Police Department in 1974 and retired in 1996. Lora Lake married Bill Litos. They and her three children live on Cleveland's west side. Michael Lake was married twice and lives with his family in Lorain, Ohio. He is a welding foreman. Terrance Lake never married, was working in the laundry of Fairview General Hospital when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died April 20, 1992 at the age of 39. Richard Lake has been married twice and is a machine shop foreman at an Avon Lake, Ohio plant. He lives with his wife on Cleveland's west side. Carl Jr. married only once. He works as a medical/nursing assistant treating terminal cancer patients since 1991. He is awaiting nursing school and lives with him family in Parma, Ohio. Elizabeth (Betty) Lake never remarried. After a heart attack in 1967, an arm amputation in 1969 and being diagnosed with lung cancer in 1983, she died on January 20, 1984.

This history was written by Carl Leonard Lake Jr., but from a third persons point of view to be fair."

(1) Marion County (WV) Birth Book 5 - Page 128 (Carl Sr.).
(2) Family records of Carl Lake Jr. (1997), 9727 Pleasants Lake Blvd. - Apartment S-28
Parma, OH 44130.
(3) Carl Lake's death date shown as June 2, 1959 on Cuyahoga County, Ohio coroner's case number 92581.
(3) Marriage license A169921 dated September 23, 1947 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio for Carl and Elizabeth.

More About CARL LAKE and ELIZABETH REIDEL:
Marriage: September 27, 1947, Newburgh Heights, Ohio

Children of CARL LAKE and ELIZABETH REIDEL are:

JOHN CARL⁸ LAKE, b. June 22, 1948; m. JUDITH MITTENDORF DIAL, September 27, 1969, Cleveland, Ohio.

Notes for JOHN CARL LAKE:

They were married September 27, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio. Judith has three children from a previous marriage (see under other spouse button).

John joined the marines shortly after his graduation from high school in 1966 and was honorably discharged after Viet Nam, in 1970. He retired from the Cleveland, Ohio police force in January 1996 following a heart attack.

(1) Family records of Carl Lake Jr.
(2) John Carl Lake (1997) 18701 Ferncliffe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44135
(3) Note from brother Carl Jr: John does not care to meet any relatives.

More About JOHN CARL LAKE:
Military service: U. S. Marines
Occupation: Policeman - Cleveland, OH (Retired)

More About JOHN LAKE and JUDITH DIAL:
Marriage: September 27, 1969, Cleveland, Ohio

258.	ii.	LORA JUNE LAKE, b. July 27, 1949.
259.	iii.	MICHAEL RUSSELL LAKE, b. June 17, 1951.
	iv.	TERRANCE LAKE, b. November 17, 1952; d. April 20, 1992.

Notes for TERRANCE LAKE:
Terrance died of cancer at the age of 39. He was never married. He had no middle name.

Family records of Carl Lake Jr. (1996).

260.	v.		RICHARD ALLEN LAKE, b. November 14, 1953.
261.	vi.		JR. CARL LEONARD (JR.) LAKE, b. June 30, 1958.