Albany Democrat-Herald; Albany OR
4 Aug  2003
Miracle Hope America Lake


June 21, 2003 - July 21, 2003

Miracle Hope America Lake of Albany died Thursday at her home of severe
congenital health problems. She was 30 days old.  She was born at Sacred
Heart Medical Center in Eugene.

She is survived by her parents Allie Jane (Sodorff) and George Edwin
Lake Jr; brother Timothy Lake and sister Sierra Lake, all of Albany;
grandparents George and Sonja Lake of Albany and Leroy Sodorff of Houston,
Texas; uncles Clay Mentzer, Ray Mentzer and Troy Easton, all of Albany;
aunts Christine Lake of Miles City, Mont., Debra Buffington and Donna
Lake, both of Great Falls, Mont., and Margaret Lake of Azusa, Calif.;
and great-grandmothers Dorothy Hill of Zapata, Texas, and Jean Sodorff
of North Bend.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother Mary Sodorff in 1991 and
by her great-grandfather Edwin "Shorty" Hill.

A funeral service will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at First Baptist
Church, 420 Third Avenue S.E., Albany, with pastors Leroy Brown and Mike
Fleischmann officiating. A burial service will follow at the Lebanon
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Donations to help the family with expenses for Miracle's life and death
may be made to the Lake Memorial Fund for Miracle Hope at any branch
office of the OSU Federal Credit Union or to AAsum Funeral Home, 805
Ellsworth St. S.W., Albany, OR 97321.