Libby County Western News; Libby MT; 2004-11-19

William D. Lake, 70, died at his home in Libby on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004.
He was born on Dec. 19, 1933, at Malta, to Evelyn and Oscar Lake.
He grew up on the family farm north of town, graduated from Dodson
High School in 1952, and served with the U.S. Army before beginning
his profession in the water well industry.  While working as a water
well driller in Missoula, Bill met and married Betty Lou Iliff in 1961.
In 1965 Bill and Betty moved to Libby where they started B&B Drilling and
began raising a family.  After Betty's death, Bill married Edna Anderson
Iliff and they continued to run the family business and enjoy their large
extended family.  Bill was preceded in death by his parents, wife Betty,
infant son Neil, brother Martin and sister Della.  He is survived by his
wife Edna at their home in Libby; sons Kevin Lake and his wife Libby and
grandsons Oscar and Alex in Anchorage, Alaska; Kris and his wife Tanya
and granddaughters Andrea and Margaret, also in Anchorage; stepson David
Iliff and his wife Beth, Libby; stepdaughters Kimberlie McClain and her
husband Kevin, Polson, and Martha Torgenrud and her husband Kevin, Polson;
sisters Merle Zajaczkowski, Citrus Heights, Calif., Norma Barrett and her
husband Clifford, Yuma, Ariz., and Choteau; brother Robert Lake and his
wife Cleone, Roseberg, Ore., 16 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren
and numerous nieces and nephews.  Bill will be remembered for a smile
as big as his heart, an endless source of old jokes, and as a man whose
handshake was his word.  Local arrangements are by the Nelson & Vial
Funeral Home and services will be conducted at a later date.



The Missoulian, Thursday, November 18, 2004
Missoula, MT

William D. Lake

LIBBY - William D. Lake died at his Libby home Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004.

He was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Malta to Evelyn and Oscar Lake.

Bill served in the U.S. Army following graduation from high school
in 1952.

In 1961, Bill married Betty Lou Iliff.  She preceded him in death and
Bill later married Edna Anderson, who survives him at the family home.

Other survivors include sons, Kevin Lake of Libby, Kris Lake of Alaska;
sisters, Merle Zajaczkowski of California and Norma Barrett of Arizona
and Choteau; brother, Robert Lake of Oregon; and numerous grandchildren
and great grandchildren.

Services will be held at a later date.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson & Vial Funeral Home
of Libby.