Quad-City Times; Davenport IA; 2003-12-5


Margaret Lake
December 5, 2003
BETTENDORF -- Margaret W. Lake, a resident of Bettendorf, died Wednesday,
Dec. 3, 2003, at Crest Health Center, Davenport. Funeral services will be
11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Asbury United Methodist Church, Bettendorf,
where she was a member. Interment will be private. Visitation will be
4-8 p.m. today at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home, Bettendorf. Memorials
may be made to Bettendorf Family Museum of Arts and Sciences or WVIK
Augustana Public Radio, Rock Island. Margaret was born Jan. 13, 1931, in
Streator, Ill., the daughter of Orlando and Alice (Moore) Weld. She was
united in marriage to Norman P. Lake on Jan. 27, 1952, in Streator. She
began her employment with the City of Bettendorf as a payroll clerk,
retiring as transit director on Jan. 6, 1995, after 27 years of faithful
service. Margaret was a faithful volunteer at Bettendorf Family Museum
of Arts and Sciences and was a recipient of the Mary Larson Volunteer of
the Year Award. In addition, she devoted many hours at WVIK Public Radio,
where she read for the blind. She also enjoyed caring for her flowers,
gardening, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren. Those left
to honor her memory include her beloved husband, Norman, her daughters
and son-in-law, Paula and Tom Stanger, of Davenport, and Jean Lake,
of Bettendorf, her grandchildren, Alanza Lake-Herrera, and her husband,
Derek Seliger, Emil Lake-Herrera, Allison Stanger and Kelsey Stanger,
and her brother and sister-in-law, Don and Margery Weld, of Flanagan,
Ill. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Lois Moore and Jean
Drapp. Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting
Margaret's obituary at www.mcginnis-chamber.com