GROSSE POINTE NEWS
                          GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
                              January 13, 2000
                                      
                                 OBITUARIES
                                      
   
Robert Chandler Lake, M.D.

      Former Grosse Pointe Farms resident Robert Chandler Lake, M.D., of
   Pleasant Hill, Tenn., died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1999. He was 79.
   
     Dr. Lake was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a graduate of the
   University of Washington in Seattle and Northwestern University in
   Chicago where he received his doctorate degree. He served in the U.S.
   Navy during World War II and completed his residency at Henry Ford
   Hospital in Detroit following his naval duties. He practiced in the
   Detroit area for 40 years before retiring to Tennessee. He was a
   member of Uplands Retirement Community, worked at the Crab Orchard
   Clinic for several years as well as Wharton Nursing Home where he
   continued on staff until his death.
   
     Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Eleanor; three daughters,
   Linda McCall, Rebecca Schmitt and Janet Miller; two sons, Robert and
   James; a sister, Doris Morgan; 12 grandchildren; and one
   great-grandchild.
   
     A memorial service for Dr. Lake was held Sunday, Jan. 9 at Pleasant
   Hill Community Church in Pleasant Hill.
   
     Memorial contributions may be sent to Wharton Auxiliary Scholarship
   Fund, P.O. Box 447, Pleasant Hill, TN 38578 or Pleasant Hill Community
   Church, P.O. Box 67, Pleasant Hill, TN 38578.