Times-Herald Record
Middletown, NY
10 Feb 2009

Thelma Lake         
Livingston Manor, NY

Thelma Lake of Livingston Manor, died on Sunday, February 8, 2009,
at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 74.

The daughter of the late Ralph S. and Laura Mae Gross Baker, she was
born November 6, 1934 in Hawthorne, NY. She was the widow of George
William Lake, who predeceased her on July 2, 1976.

Thelma was a retired LPN. She loved decoupage, garage sales, shopping,
flowers, especially roses, her family and grandchildren.

A family statement reads: "Faith is the bird that feels the light and
sings when dawn is still dark."

She is survived by her companion, Tony DiLorenzo; one daughter, Laura
Richards and her husband, Robert of Liberty; two sons, Timothy Lake and
his wife, Judy of Liberty, and Ralph Lake and his wife, Lauren of Long
Island; grandchildren: Adam, Jamie, Christopher, Danielle, Ashley Maxi,
and Lexi Lake, Tara Tutwiler and her husband, Jay, Ashton Richards,
and Tobi Vigilone and her husband, Chris; one great-grandson, Anthony
Vigilone; four brothers: Jake Baker and his wife, Lois, Jack Baker and
his wife, Helen, Joe Baker and his wife, Marcella, and Mark Baker and
his wife, Kate; four sisters: Elizabeth Danko, Oneda Maszaros, Christine
Schwartz and her husband, Saul, and Barbara Bower and her husband, Gary;
one sister-in-law, Della Baker; many nieces and nephews. Her daughter,
Christine Lake and her brother, James Baker, predeceased her.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 12, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
at Herbert C. Bryant Funeral Home, 29 Pearl St., Livingston Manor,
NY 12758. Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. at the funeral
home. Interment of ashes will be held at the Sullivan County Veteran's
Cemetery in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Thelma and Christine's name
to Sullivan ARC, 162 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701.

Arrangements by Herbert C. Bryant Funeral Home, For further information,
please visit www.colonialbryantfuneralhome.com or call 845-439-4333.