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Obits of ABIGAIL MARIE AUGUSTA DWYER LAKE, wife of Joseph Leo Lake

(note: newspaper & date of article unknown, she died October 13, 1945)

"MRS. LAKE, POLICE MATRON FOUND DEAD IN WEEHAWKEN"
Heart Attack Fatal - Pet Dogs Attack Son During Excitement Mrs. Abbie
M. Lake, 48, of 3410 Park Ave., Weehawken, township police matron since
1927, was found dead in her bed at 8:25 am Saturday by her daughter,
Mrs. Marie Schimke.  Dr. Alonso of North Hudson Hospital staff pronounced
the woman dead of a heart attack at 8:40 am and said that she had been
dead 6 hours.  Mrs. Schimke, who lives with her mother, had returned home
Saturday morning after spending the night at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Rita McClary, 345 Potter Pl., Weehawken.  Mrs. Lake, appointed
police matron by the late republican Mayor Emil Grauert, was the sister
of Weehawken Fire Captain Patrick Dwyer of Highwood Avenue firehouse,
who lives at 40 Highwood Terrace, and the mother of Weehawken Patrolman
Joseph Lake, honorably discharged World War 2 veteran.  A lifelong
resident of Weehawken, she was the widow of Joseph Leo Lake, veteran of
the Spanish-American War, who died 18 years ago.  She was a communicant
of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Union City, and a member of the
Ladies Auxiliary, Oulton-Kraft post 1923, VFW, of Weehawken.  Surviving
also are another son, Shipfitter 2/C George Francis, serving with the
Navy 18 months, in the South Pacific; another brother, John J. Dwyer;
3 sisters, Mrs. Nellie Simmons, Mrs. Mary McElwreath and Mrs. John
Shurr, and 1 grandchild.  Funeral arrangements will be completed when
Navy personal service reaches Shipfitter Lake in the South Pacific.
William Schlemn Funeral Home, Union City, is in charge.  During the
excitement Saturday morning at the Lake home Patrolman Lake was bitten on
the left thumb when he attempted to break up a fight between his mother's
2 pet dogs.  He was treated at North Hudson Hospital by Dr.  Alonso.