From the Gouverneur Tribune Press of April 14, 2005, page 6
Gouverneur NY

William J. Lake

A graveside service was held for William J. Lake, 81, of 246 Chestnut
St., was held in Brookside Cemetery with the Rev. Richard W. Kennedy
officiating.

Mr. Lake died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at Samaritan Medical Center.

Arrangements were with D.L. Calarco Funeral Home.

He was a brakeman and conductor for the New York Central Railroad,
later Penn Central Railroad, for 43 years.

He was a communicant of St. Patrick's church and a member of the Watertown
Golf Club,  Army and Navy American Legion Post 61 and the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.  He enjoyed bowling, hunting and fishing.

Born March 20, 1924, in Watertown, son of DeWitt C. and Rosalie M. Clark
Lake, he attended Watertown High School and served in the Army from 1944
to 1947.

He married Marian C. Nichols on July 5, 1946, at St. Cecilia's Catholic
Church rectory in Adams with the Rev. Walter T. Cleary officiating.

Surviving besides his wife are a son, William J. Jr., Felts Mills;
a brother, Thomas J., Watertown; two sisters, Ellen Lake Swayze,
Watertown, and Mrs. Richard (Ann) Bennett, Gouverneur, and several nieces
and nephews.

A daughter, Cheryl Reiber, and a sister, Joan Rosen, died before him.

Donations may be made to Meals on Wheels or a charity of one's choice.