Walla Walla Union-Bulliten
Walla Walla, Washington
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Obituary

William Lake

Seattle-Former Walla Wailan Willan William Teague Lake, 52, died at his
mone from complications of AIDS April 12, 2003.  A memorial service
will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at a later date.  His parents
are William H. and Susan T. Lake of Walla Walla.



The Union-Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington
Tuesday April 22, 2003


Bill Lake
  SEATTLE --  William Teague "Bill" Lake, 52 died at his home April 12,
2003, from complications of AIDS.
  A jazz celebration of his life will be 8 p.m. Wednesday at Jade Pagoda,
Seattle. A service will be 10 a. m.  Friday at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Seattle. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.n. May 6 at ST Paul's
Episcopal Church, Walla Walla.
   Memmorials may be made to Good Samaritan Ministries, Heart to Heart
or St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
   Mr. Lake was born Sept. 23. 1950, in Walla Walla to William H. and
Susan Teague Lake. He graduated in 1868 from Walla Walla High School
and attended Central Washington State College and Walla Walla Community
College. He served in the U. S. Navy aboard USS Midway during the
Vietnam War.
   Living in Los Angeles, he graduated from Lee Strasberg Theater
Institute. He played a doctor briefly on "General Hospital," worked in
commercials and was a singing nun in 1980's "The Gong Show Movie."
   Moving to Seattle in 1996, new drugs improved his health and he served
three years on the Seattle-King County HIV-AIDS Planning Council. He
was involved in many activist events, including found Lesbian and Gay
Veterans of America. In 2002 he received a Eagle Award for work with gay
veterans. He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 1981 and was
supported by the fund during his last years.
   In Seattle he joined St. Mark's Cathedral and St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, serving as a lector. He was a member of American Legion Alexander
Hamilton Post 448. He attended the opening ceremonies for the Gay Games
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
   Survivors include his parents of Walla Walla; sister Sheila Hair of
Walla Walla; brother Charles "Chip" Lake of Everett; aunt and two uncles,
Richard Lake of Redmond, Wash., and Elaine and John  Brownell of Walla
Walla; companion and caregiver Jerry Olson, at home; three nephews and
numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by partner Ted O'Neil.



NOTE from: Jean Coston <2jeangenietwo@gmail.com>

William "Bill" Lake, the obit doesn't say the he was a member of the
Seattle Mens Coris which is a gay mens singing group. At each time they
sing, a large quilt is displayed and he has a square in the quilt.