Sun Journal; Lewiston Me; 1999-5-19

FARMINGTON 
 Norman Clifford Lake, 70, of 293 Boothby Road, Livermore, died Tuesday,
 May 18 at Franklin Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for the
 past two days following a brief illness. He was born March 29, 1929 in
 Wilton, the son of Bernal M. and Helen Bryant Lake. He attended school
 in Livermore Falls and graduated from Livermore Falls High in 1948.
 On May 5, 1951 he married Carolyn Flaff in Strong. He worked at the
 Otis Mill during some of his high school years and until May 1952,
 when he went into managing poultry farms for six years. He also worked
 in the grain store business in Newport, Winslow and Gardiner. He then
 returned to Livermore and worked for Berry Hill Agway in Livermore,
 Farmington and Wilton for many years. He was a trustee at Franklin
 Memorial Hospital and served several years on the school board
 at Livermore Falls. He was a member and trustee of the Livermore
 Methodist Church. He was an avid gardener and enjoyed all types of
 plants and flowers. He enjoyed working for Chretien & Sons Greenhouse
 and Boothbys Farm Stand during retirement years. He was a loving family
 man, enjoying all his children and grandchildren. He is survived by
 his wife of 48 years of Livermore; two daughters, Sandra Wood and
 her husband Raymond of New Sharon, Holly L.  Richard of Smithfield;
 two sons, Rockwood and his wife Annette, Duane and his wife Jill both
 of Livermore; four granddaughters, Carmen Burke and her husband Larry
 of Farmington, Angela Lake of Farmington, Amanda Lake of Livermore and
 Jodie Lake of Boston, Mass.; three grandsons, Adam Lake of Livermore,
 Steven Wood of New Sharon and Jacob Richard of Smithfield; two sisters,
 Phyllis Dolloff and Maxine Bailey both of Livermore Falls; two brothers,
 Elmer and his wife Louise of Fayette and Kenneth and his companion
 Grace Rodzen of Wilton. He was predeceased by a sister, Minola Bubier.