THE CHIPPEWA HERALD, Chippewa Falls, WI
Published online on Tuesday, May 15, 2001
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STILLWATER, Minn. - Ella M. Lake Luebstorff, 87, formerly of Chippewa Falls, 
died Monday, May 14, 2001, at the Greeley Nursing Home in Stillwater, Minn.

She was born Aug. 31, 1913, in Cadott to Eva (Connell) and Joseph Patrie. She 
grew up in the town of Arthur.

Ella married Arthur Lake on April 19, 1937, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic 
Church rectory in Cadott. They resided in Chippewa Falls. She and her husband 
owned and operated Lake's Supper Club in Bateman until 1958. She was then 
employed as a waitress at the Hotel Northern and in the Tomahawk Room for 
many years. Her husband preceded her in death in November, 1973.
Ella married Verne B. Luebstorff on Oct. 30, 1978.

She was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church and its P.C.C.W., and a member 
of the LaFayette Womens Club.

Survivors include her sons, Kenneth Lake of Minneapolis, Minn., Russell 
(Joyce) Luebstorff of East Rochester, N.Y.; her son-in-law, Don Lutz of 
Stillwater, Minn.; three sisters, Blanche Woldt of Chippewa Falls, Lucille 
Holm of Bloomer, Doris Nelson of Seattle, Wash.; 12 grandchildren, 13 
great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her first husband, she was preceded in death by her second husband, 
Verne Luebstorff on Nov. 22, 1989; her parents; her daughter, Lois Lutz; two 
sisters, Charlotte Miller, Ruth Smith; and four brothers, Marshall, Jim, 
Hugh, and Bernard Patrie. 

A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at Notre Dame 
Catholic Church with the Rev. Jerome Robinson celebrating the Mass of 
Christian Burial. Burial will follow in the family lot at Hope Cemetery, 
Chippewa Falls.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pederson-Volker 
Funeral Chapel in Chippewa Falls.

The Notre Dame P.C.C.W. will recite the Rosary at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the 
funeral chapel.