Providence Journal ; Providence RI

8.3.2001 00:05 
GWENDOLYN E. HARDING LAKE - Warwick 

GWENDOLYN E. HARDING LAKE, 71, of Cornwallis Court, Kissimmee, Fla.,
an employee at Artistic Lace Co., Warwick, for 10 years before retiring
in 1992, died Wednesday at Osceola Regional Hospital, Kissimmee.

Born in Charlesville, Nova Scotia, a daughter of the late William C. and
Evelyn (Scott) Harding, she has been a resident of Kissimmee since 1992,
previously living in Warwick most of her life.

She had been a waitress at the former Valley Steak House and the Inn
restaurant, both in Warwick, for many years.

She leaves three sons, Chester A. Lake of Bradenton, Fla., William
C. Lake of Sunrise, Fla., and Jon T. Lake of Tamarac, Fla.; a daughter,
Cathy A. Lake of Kissimmee; a brother, Robert Philbrick of Lakeland,
Fla.; a sister, Elizabeth Smith of Hope; and six grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren. She was the mother of the late Bonnie Landry,
grandmother of the late Pamela Wright, and sister of the late William
Harding and Alvin Harding.

The funeral service will be held tomorrow at noon in Thomas & Walter
Quinn Funeral Chapel, 2435 Warwick Ave., Warwick. Burial will be in
Highland Memorial Park, Johnston.