Topeka Capital Journal; Topeka KS; 1999-6-28
Topeka Capital Journal; Topeka KS; 1999-6-30

The obits for 1999-6-28 and 1999-6-30 are essentially the same.  I
will post the one from June 28 and then add anything pertinent from the
one June 30.


	Leon Walter LAKE, 51, Topeka (KS), died Sunday, June 17, 1999, at a
Topeka hospital.  He suffered complications die to a brain aneurysm.
	He was born July 29, 1947, near Melvern (KS), to Myron Vincent and
Velma Marie COBLE LAKE.  He spent his early life in the Melvern
community and graduated from Melvern High School in 1965.  He and his
sons owned and operated Leon Lake Construction.  He established the
business in 1973.  He was a member of the Army National Guard and served
a year in Vietnam with the 65th Infantry.
	He married Patricia Ann OLINGHOUSE Dec 21, 1968, near Shipshewana IN. 
She survives.  Other survivors include sons, Leon "Wayne" LAKE, Topeka,
and Eric Vincent LAKE, Lenexa (KS); his father, Myron Vincent LAKE,
Melvern; brothers, Marvin Vincent LAKE, Waverly (KS), Donald Keith LAKE,
Topeka, and Myron Dean LAKE, St Marys (KS); and a sister, Cathy Marie
LUNDQUIST, Easley SC.
	Services will be at 11am Wednesday at Parker-Price Mortuary.  A Fort
Riley detail will conduct graveside services at Rochester Cemetery.  Mr
Lake will lie in state after 9am Tuesday at the mortuary where relatives
and friends will meet from 7 to 8pm Tuesday.  Memorial contributions may
be made to Habitat for Humanity, 1000 Hancock, Topeka 66607, or to the
organization of the donor's choice.


From June 30th:  "he served a year in Vietnam with the 69th Infantry." 
The 69th would be correct as this was a very large contingent of
National Guardsmen sent to Vietnam from the Topeka area.