The Saratogian; Saratogian Springs NY; 1903-5-14

Mrs. James R. S. Lakey
 
Mrs. James R. S. Lackey died yesterday at her home in New York City.
Mrs. Lakey will be remembered as Lisa Thayer, formerly, and for many years
a resident of this village, where she was well known in social circles.

The remains were brought to this village late this afternoon for interment
in the family plot in Greenridge Cemetery.



The Saratogian; Saratogian Springs NY; 1903-5-15

Mrs. James R. S. Lake

News of the death of Mrs. James R. S. Lake, formerly Miss Lisa Thayer
of this village, came as a sad shock and surprise yesterday to her many
friends in Saratoga.

Mrs. Lake's death occurred at her home at Great Neck, L.I. on Wednesday
and was caused by an abscess from which she had been suffering for a
month and which gradually sapped her vitality. She was conscious until
death relieved her.

The remains were brought to this village late yesterday afternoon for
interment in Greenridge Cemetery. They were accompanied by her husband
and a close friend of his, Mr. Thompson. Owing to the fact that Mr. Lake's
mother is at the point of death at her home in New York, it was possible
to have read simply the Episcopal burial service, which was done by
the Rev. Joseph Carey, D. D., rector of Bethesda Parish, at Greenridge
Cemetery, where interment was made in the family plot. Mr. Lake left on
the next train for his mother's bedside.

The deceased, who was the daughter of the late Clark Thayer and Frances
Verbeck, was born in this village in January, 1876. Her home had always
been in Saratoga until after her mother's death something less than four
years ago.  She was a graduate of Temple Grove Seminary of the class of
1895. As Miss Thayer she was especially popular among a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances in this village because of her charming manner,
sunny disposition and other attractive qualities.