Canon City Daily Record; Canon City CO; 2007-12-13

Fern E. Lake 93, died Dec. 11, 2007, at Hildebrand Care Center in Caņon
City. She was born March 16, 1914, to Ed and Emma Heitschmidt in Osborne
County, Kan. She married Alvis I. Lake Aug. 11, 1936, on the family farm
in Osborne County, Kan. She and Alvis also owned and operated several
motels.  She taught at a one-room school house in Kansas and cooked at
several nursing homes, hospitals and children's camps. She was a member
of Faith Bible Fellowship, a 4-H Club leader and a rock hound.

She is survived by one daughter, Donna (Claude) Barrett, of Pueblo
West; three grandsons, Randy (Anita) Barrett, of Leesburg, Va., Jeff
(Shireen) Barrett, of Gastonia, N.C., and Kerry (Carina) Barrett, of
LeMars, Iowa; nine great-grandchildren, Chris Barrett, of Minneapolis,
Minn., Brittany and Brady Barrett, of Leesburg, Va., Kirstin and Tyler
Barrett, of Gastonia, N.C., and Hannah, Abby, Travis and Andrea Barrett,
of LeMars, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in
death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Ernest Heitschmidt;
one sister, Esther Wineland; and one granddaughter, Melony Barrett.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at the Holt
Chapel of the Garden in Caņon City, with Pastor Dave Grooters officiating.
Inurnment will be in the Osborne County Cemetery in Osborne, Kan.,
at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made to the Navigators, P.O. Box 6000, Colorado
Springs, CO 80934.

Arrangements were handled through Holt Family Funeral Home.