P N Courier; Luray VA; 2001-3-8

Page News & Courier, Thursday, 8 March 2001, page D6, column 1, (Luray,
Virginia)

Alvah P. Dunkle

Alvah Pearl Dunkle, 96, of Luray, died on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 at
MontVue Nursing Home.

She was born on July 5, 1904 in Compton and was a daughter of the late
Charles Clinton and Nettie Mae Cullers Martin.

Mrs. Dunkle was a private duty nurse in Pennsylvania and the Washington,
D.C., area and was a member of the Church of the Valley in Shenandoah.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Lake and William
Dunkle.

She is survived by a daughter, Jan L. Presgraves of Luray; two sons,
Charles W. Lake of Hanover, Pa., and Truman Lake of McSherrytown, Pa.; a
brother, Albrey Martin of Ijamsville, Md.; 10 grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.  She was
preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.

A graveside service was conducted on Saturday, March 3, at the Beahm's
Chapel Cemetery in Luray by the Rev. Alfred C. Comer Jr.