St Paul Pioneer Press; St Paul MN; 1999-5-9

Published: Sunday, May 9, 1999 

LAKE,
   C.Vernon, Rev., age 81, longtime resident of Richfield & Mpls on May 7
   in Apple Valley. Born February 10, 1918 in South Sioux City, NE.
   Educated at Northwestern Bible School, Mpls, from which he graduated
   in 1942; Bethel Jr. College, St. Paul; and the University of MN, from
   which he graduated in 1946. He gave the parish ministry the good old
   college try for 23 years, as pastor, First Baptist Church, Montevideo.
   1948-50; Community Baptist Church, Truman, 1951-53; and church of our
   Savior, Richfield, 1955-69, Director of Christian Education, American
   Baptist Convention of MN, 1954. In 1969, at the time of the Vietnam
   and civil rights crises, the God of Justice and Prince of Peace called
   him from ecclesiastical to social service, as Chief of Volunteer
   Services, MN Dept of Public Welfare, from which he retired in 1983.
   Survived by his wife June M. of Apple Valley; daughter Judith A
   Sheriff (Timothy) of Duluth; son Randall A Lake (Colleen Keough), of
   South Pasadena CA; granddaughter Janna M. Werner of St. Paul; and
   grandson Brandon Sheriff of Rockwell IA. Memorial gathering of family
   and friends, Henry W. Anderson Mortuary (612-432-2331), Apple Valley,
   Sunday, May 9, 6-8:30PM. Interment, Lebanon Cemetery, Apple Valley,
   Monday, May 10, 1PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Little Sisters
   of the Poor, 330 Exchange St., S.St.Paul. Well done, thou good and
   faithful servant.