The Missoulian, Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Missoula, MT

Richard A. Lake

Missoula - Richard A. Lake, 91, died of natural causes Dec. 22, 2003,
at Village Health Care Center.

He was born in Fergus County at a homestead on the north slopes of the
Big Snowy Mountains.  His parents were David and Myrtle Platt Lake.
His father was an early forest ranger and Richard had fond memories of
life at the Muir Ranger Station in the Little Belt Mountains.

In 1919 the family moved to Judith Gap, where Richard attended grade
and high schools, graduating in 1929.  He graduated from Montana State
University in Missoula in 1934.

He worked with Dr. H.G. Merriam in publication of the Frontier and
Midland Magazine and was employed by Caxton Printers of Caldwell, Idaho,
doing editorial and critical work.

He served five years in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist
and then as a master sergeant and personnel consultant.

After receiving a master's degree in psychology at Montana State
University he became a clinical psychologist at Idaho State Hospital
South in Blackfoot, Idaho, where he remained for 25 years.

To his marriage to Esther Shanley were born two sons, David L. Lake and
Alan S. Lake.

In addition to clinical papers, he published poetry, newspaper comment
and reminiscences of his childhood.

In 1994 he married Enid Davis Avery and moved to Missoula, where he had
lived since that time.

He was preceded in death by his wife Esther, his parents, sister Ione
Lake Peck and one grandson.

He is survived by his son David, wife Janice and their three sons,
and son Alan, all of California; brother David Like and wife Joyce of
Kalispell; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service is planned in central Montana this summer.




Great Falls Tribune; Great Falls MT; 2004-1-4

1-04--MISSOULA --Former Fergus County resident Richard A. Lake, 91,
an Army veteran, died of natural causes Dec. 22, at Village Health
Care Center. A memorial service is planned in central Montana this
summer. He is survived by his son David, and his wife Janice, and their
three sons; and his son Alan, all of California; a brother, David Lake,
and his wife Joyce, of Kalispell; and several nieces and nephews. He
was born in Fergus County at a homestead on the north slopes of the
Big Snowy Mountains. His parents were David and Myrtle Platt Lake. His
father was an early forest ranger and Richard had fond memories of
life at the Muir Ranger Station in the Little Belt Mountains. In 1919,
the family moved to Judith Gap, where Richard attended grade and high
schools, graduating in 1929. He graduated from Montana State University
in Missoula in 1934.  He worked with Dr. H.G. Merriam in publication of
the Frontier and Midland Magazine and was employed by Caxton Printers of
Caldwell, Idaho, doing editorial and critical work. He served five years
in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist and then as a master
sergeant and personnel consultant. After receiving a master's degree in
psychology at Montana State University he became a clinical psychologist
at Idaho State Hospital South in Blackfoot, Idaho, where he remained for
25 years. To his marriage to Esther Shanley were born two sons, David L.
Lake and Alan S. Lake. n addition to clinical papers, he published poetry,
newspaper comment and reminiscences of his childhood. In 1994 he married
Enid Davis Avery and moved to Missoula, where he had lived since that
time. He was preceded in death by his wife Esther; his parents; a sister,
Ione Lake Peck; and one grandson.



Idaho State Journal; Pocatello ID; 2004-1-2

MISSOULA, Mont. - Richard A. Lake, 91, died of natural causes Dec. 22,
2003, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula, Mont.

He was a clinical psychologist at Idaho State Hospital South in Blackfoot,
Idaho, where he worked for 25 years. He and his wife, the late Esther
Lake, were both correspondents for the Idaho State Journal.

A memorial service is planned in central Montana this summer.