Star-Courier; Kewanee IL; 2002-2-15

        GENESEO - Maisey L. Lake, 85, of rural Geneseo, died Wednesday, Feb.
13, 2002, at Illini Restorative Care, Silvis.
        Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the
Wright Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services, Geneseo. The Rev. Robert
Bottoms will officiate.Visitation will be from 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday. Cremation
will take place following the service.
        She was born Aug. 18, 1916, in London, England, the daughter of
David and Lillian (Pretious) Davies. She married Albert Lake July 23, 1938,
in London.
        He survives, as do a son, Ray (Julie) Lake of Geneseo; a daughter,
Mrs. Ken (Irene) Kerr of Finleyville, Pa.; grandchildren Tracianne and Robin
Kerr of Finleyville, Megan and William Stewart of Pittsburgh, Jonathan Lake
of Ames, Iowa and Jennifer Lake of Columbia, S.C.; great-grandchildren Jason
Vogelsburger, Kenny Giehll and William Stewart; two sisters, Mrs. Fred
(Maude) Friedrich of Pittsburgh and Mary Morris of England; and a brother,
Jim (Carol) Davies of England. Her grandson, John Kerr, and a
great-granddaughter, Nina Vogelsanger, preceded her in death.
        The couple moved to the United States on Sept. 16, 1951 and settled
in Geneseo in 1991.
        She worked at the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1957
to 1962. She was then employed as an administrative assistant to the deat at
Elmhurst College for 22 years, retiring in June of 1985.
        She was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and the Geneseo Quilt Club. Her hobbies were
knitting, cross stitch, quilting and shopping.



Quad-City Times; Davenport IA; 2002-2-15


Maisey Lake
February 15, 2002

GENESEO, Ill. -- Services for Maisey L. Lake, of rural Geneseo, will be
3 p.m. Sunday at Wright Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services,
Geneseo. Visitation is 1:30 p.m. until service time Sunday. The body
will be cremated. Mrs. Lake died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Illini
Restorative Care, Silvis. She worked at the Children's Hospital
in Cincinnati from 1957 to 1962. After that, she was employed as
an administrative assistant to the dean at Elmhurst College for 22
years. She retired in 1985. Maisey Davies was born Aug. 18, 1916, in
London, England. She married Albert Lake in 1938 in London. Survivors
include her husband, Albert; daughter, Irene Kerr, Finleyville, Pa.; son,
Ray, Geneseo; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters,
Maude Friedrich, Pittsburgh, and Mary Morris, of England; and brother,
Jim Davies, of England.