Hartford Courant; Hartford, CT; 1997-6-30

 Headline: EDWARD LAKE, 71; LIVED IN HIGGANUM

 Date:     July 3, 1997            Edition:  GREATER MIDDLETOWN
 Page:     B2                      Type:     OBITUARY
 Section:  GREATER MIDDLETOWN      Length:   243 words

 Died Jun 30

 Text:
 Edward Herbert Lake, of Schuler Road, Higganum, formerly of Middletown,
 died Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford due to injuries sustained
 in an automobile accident. He was 71.
 He was born in Lawrence, Mass.  He was a veteran of World War II and
 served with the U.S. Navy. He had been employed at Pratt & Whitney
 Aircraft experimental division in East Hartford and retired in 1987  from
 Middletown. After his retirement, he was proprietor of the Cutting Edge.
 He was a Eucharistic minister at St. Mary Church, a member of BPO Elks
 Lodge No. 771 and Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leader of Pack and Troop 23 and
 had been active with the Haddam Ambulance Service.

    Besides his wife, Gloria Daigle Lake, he is survived by two sons,
 Edward R. Lake of East Haddam and David A. Lake of San Diego,  Calif.;
 one brother, Robert Lake of New Port Richey, Fla.; three grandsons; and
 several nieces and nephews.
    The funeral will be Monday at  8:15 a.m. from the Biega Funeral Home,
 3 Silver St., Middletown, followed by a 9 a.m. funeral liturgy in St.
 Mary Church, Middletown. Burial will be in Burr District Cemetery,
 Higganum. Friends may call at the Biega Funeral Home Sunday from 6  to 8
 p.m. Contributions may be sent to Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service, PO
 Box 48, Higganum  06441.