Kazue (Kay) Irisa Lake obituary - The Manhattan Mercury, Sunday, June 4,
2006, Manhattan, Kansas

  Kazue Irisa Lake, 75 of Olathe, died Saturday of natural causes in
the home she shared with her daughter and son-in-law, Louise and Curtis
Archie.
  She was born on April 26, 1931 in Kagoshima, Japan, the daughter of
Noriyuki Irisa and Matsue Nakamura.
  On April 28, 1954, in Tokyo, Japan, she was united in marriage to
Melvin D. Lake.  He preceded her in death in 1993.  They raised their four
daughters in Browns Mills,  N.J., before returning to Manhattan in 1977.
In 1999, she moved to Olathe to live with her daughter Louise's family.
  Kay was a gifted dancer in traditional Japanese folk dance and performed
in New Jersy and Kansas.  She was a dedicated mother and grandmother.
  She is survived by four daughters, Linda K. Steigerwald of Columbus,
N. J., Louise A Archie and her husband, Curtis of Olathe, Kan., and
Marcia D. Haase of Manhattan; five grandchildren, Devin Archie, Brandon
Steirgerwald, Lindsay Steigerwald, Terrance Haase and Kenji Llewellyn,
as well as a host of neices, nephews, in-laws and many, many friends.
  The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at the
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home.
  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel.  Interment will be in the
Ashland Cemetery, followed by a reception at the Ashland Community Chuch.
  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.ymlfuneralhome.com.
  In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established for Kay Lake to
be made to Olathe Medical Center Hospice Care, 20333 W. 151st St., TDB2
Suite 301, Olathe, Kan., 66061.  The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral
Home, 1616 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, 66502 is handling arrangements.


NOTE:  I have doubled checked my typing and the obituary only lists 3
daughters even though it says there are 4.