COTTONWOOD FALLS (KS) -- Clifford L LAKE, 71, Cottonwood Falls, died
Friday, Aug 21, 1998, at a hospital in Emporia (KS).  He was born Nov
17, 1926, in Manchester in Dickinson County (KS) to Clifford and Beulah
COUP LAKE.  He worked for Southwestern bell Telephone 36 years before he
retired in 1984.  
	He had served in the army.  He was a  member and former president of
the Cottonwood Falls City Council and a former member of the Chase
County School Board.  Mr Lake was a member of Zeredatha Lodge No 80,
AF&AM, in Cottonwood Falls, Neosho Valley Shrine Club in Emporia, Arab
Shrine in Topeka, Southwestern Bell Pioneers, and American Greyhound
Association.  He had served as commander of Newlee Post No 78 of the
American Legion in Cottonwood Falls and was a charter member of Quail
Unlimited and the Cottonwood Falls Country Club.
	He was married to Lucille Irene ANDERSON June 20, 1947, in Hope (KS). 
She died July 30, 1984.  Survivors include sons, Ron LAKE, Cottonwood
Falls, and Mark LAKE, Emporia; daughters, Connie SLATER, Olpe (KS), and
Janice HARRIS, Paonia C0; a brother, Jim LAKE, Abilene (KS); a sister,
Carol CAMERON, Salina (KS); and 10 grandchildren.
	Services will be at 11am Tuesday at Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral
Home in Cottonwood Falls.  Masonic and military graveside services will
follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery in Cottonwood Falls.  Mr Lake will lie
in state after 9am today at the funeral home where relatives and friends
will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.  Memorial contributions may be made to
the Chase County All Veterals Memorial, Cottonwood Falls Country Club,
or Chase County Emergency Medical Services and sent in care of the
funeral home.