Chelsea Standard; Chelsea MI; 2011-12-15


Lake, Edward Charles; Chelsea, Michigan (formerly of Warren); age 98; dies
Friday, December 9, 2011, at his home in Chelsea Retirement Community.
He was born March 3, 1913 in Horton's Bay, Michigan, the son of John
and Caroline (Koteskey) Lake.

Ed was raised on a farm and worked as a laborer in Detroit when he was
young.  He served in the US Army during W.W.II.  Ed worked for Packard
Motor Company and then worked 30 years as a millwright.  Later he went
to Chrysler, retiring in 1981.

He was a member of the Chelsea First United Methodist Church and a
former member of the Horton's Bay Evangelical United Brethren Church.
He taught Sunday School for 40 years.

Ed and Arley moved to Chelsea in 1991.  On May 23, 1942, he married Arley
Critchett in East Detroit, Michigan and she survives.  Also surviving are
a son, Donald Lake of Ann Arbor; two grandchildren, Andrew (Carla) Rivard
and Mathew Rivard; son-in-law, Michael Rivard; two great grandchildren,
Christian Rivard and Aiden Rivard; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two daughters, Edith Rivard and Carol Lake;
and four brothers and two sisters.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at the Chelsea
Retirement Community Chapel, with Rev. Cathy Rafferty and Rev. Joy
Barrett officiating.  Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Heritage Foundation at Chelsea
Retirement Community.  Arrangements by Cole Funeral Chapel.