Kane County Chronicle
Geneva IL
18 Mar 2014


Gerald N. "Jerry" Lake
Born: April 21, 1930
Died: March 16, 2014

GENEVA – Gerald "Jerry" N. Lake, 83, of Batavia, and a former longtime
resident of Geneva, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Delnor
Hospital. He was born April 21, 1930, in Streator, the son of Clayton
and Lucille (nee Nelson) Lake. He was united in marriage to Joan Wilcox
on Aug. 7, 1948, in Geneva.

Jerry grew-up in Geneva and graduated from Geneva High School. As a young
man, he was a talented athlete who had set many records in high school
track and field. Jerry continued his love for sports participating as
a youth hockey referee or cheering on his favorite professional teams,
the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Blackhawks.

Jerry was an entrepreneur and hard worker. He owned and operated Jerry
Lake Painting and Decorating for many years. In his later career,
he worked as a sales representative for Glidden Paints. Jerry was
artistically talented. He painted hundreds of watercolor pictures and
created many pieces of pottery as a hobby. When Jerry did find time to
relax, he could be found at his lake cottage in Neshkoro, Wis., fishing
and spending valuable time with his loving family. He also enjoyed his
annual fishing trip to Canada with his friends.

He is survived by his wife Joan of Batavia; five children, Linda (Lee)
Myers of Florida, Steven (Tammy) Lake of Arizona, Laura (Kurt Albertine)
Lake of Utah, Kenton (Sheila) Lake of Geneva, and Kathryn (John) Nasti
of Batavia, a son-in-law Robert Livingston, of Batavia; 19 grandchildren,
17 great-grandchildren and many friends.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his daughter
Joan Livingston.

Visitation will be held 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Moss Family
Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. A memorial service will be
held at 7 p.m., following the visitation. A private family interment
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Geneva.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Alzheimer's Association,
P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011, www.alz.org, Living
Well Cancer Resource Center, 442 Williamsburg Ave., Geneva, IL 60134
www.livingwellcrc.org, or American Cancer Society, 143 First St. Batavia,
IL 60510 www.americancancer.org

For additional information, contact Moss Family Funeral Homes at
630-879-7900 or www.mossfuneral.com

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