Herald Standard; Uniontown PA; 2000-3-9 & 2000-3-10

Smock
           Harold Lake Sr.
           Harold Lake Sr., 81, of Smock, Pa., passed away on Tuesday,
March 7, 2000, in Uniontown Hospital.  He was born Jan. 10, 1919, in
Uniontown, Pa., son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth Show Lake.  He was a
veteran of World War II, and a Staff Sergeant with the 513th AAA Batalion
in the Phillipines.  He was a member of The Church of God, a life member
of V.F.W.  Post 47, American Legion Post 51, a life member of AMVETS,
Post 103, a board member of F.A.C.A., Uniontown and Monessen Nutrition
Council, was a retired coal miner, retiring from U.S. Steel after 41
years of working as a continuous miner operator, was a member of the
U.M.W.A. Local 1248, and also served as a secretary for retired miners,
was a member of the Smock Senior Citizens, received the Humanitarian for
all of Southwestern, Pa., Senior Citizens on Aging on June 29, 1999,
and a dinner was held at the Holiday Inn, the Citizen of the Month
Award from the Board of Fayette County Commissioners in October, 1999,
and the Highest Honor Award from The Church of God on May 30, 1999.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, whom he married on Dec. 12,
1940, Evelyn R. (Showman) Lake; five sons, Harold R. Lake and wife, Joan
of Smock, Pa., Stanley (Pat) Lake and wife, Sharon of Birmingham, Ala.,
Fred D. Lake and wife, Donna of Uniontown, Pa., Larry E. Lake and wife,
Crystal of Hopwood, Pa., and Brian K. Lake and wife, Janice of Miller
Farms; seven granddaughters; four grandsons; four great-granddaughters;
and three great-grandsons.  Friends will be received in the JAMES
D. BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, 196 West Main St., Uniontown, today from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Additional visitation will be held on Saturday,
in The Church of God, Route 51 North, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., the hour
of service, with the Rev. Elliott Leighty officiating. Interment will be
in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa. AMVETS Post 103 will conduct
military rites at graveside in the New Veterans Plot.


Herald Standard; Uniontown PA; 2000-3-12

Smock
           Harold Lake Sr.
           Harold Lake Sr., 81, of Smock, Pa., passed away Tuesday,
March 7, 2000, in Uniontown Hospital.
           He is survived by his wife of 59 years whom he married December
12, 1940, Evelyn R. Showman Lake; sons: Harold R. Lake and wife, Joan,
of Smock, Stanley ``Pat'' Lake and wife, Sharon, of Birmingham, Ala.,
Fred D.  Lake and wife, Donna, of Uniontown, Pa., Larry E. Lake and wife,
Crystal, of Hopwood, Pa., and Brian K.
           Lake and wife, Janice, of Miller Farm; seven granddaughters,
four grandsons, four great-granddaughters and three great-grandsons.
           Friends were received in the James D. Barnett Funeral
Home, 196 West Main St., Uniontown, on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Additional visitation was held Saturday in The Church of God,
Route 51 North, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.