Lake, Joe Edward, Sr.

Birth Name Lake, Joe Edward, Sr. 1a
Also Known As Lake, Joe E., Sr. 2a 1b
Also Known As Lake, Joe Edward 3a 1c
Gramps ID I11524
Gender male
Age at Death 76 years, 9 months, 6 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E12476] 1922-09-05 Little Mountain, South Carolina  
1d
Birth [E12477] 1922-09-05    
3b 1e
Birth [E12478] about 1923 Little Mountain, South Carolina  
2b 1f
Death [E12479] 1999-06-11 Prosperity, SC  
2c 1g

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lake, Frank Stillwell [I11111]1887-09-091924-04-14
Mother Lindler, Colie Eva [I11112]1890-08-181948-06-10
    Sister     Lake, Myrtle Catherleen [I11526]
    Brother     Lake, Wilbur Floyd [I11110] 1912-07-15 UNKNOWN
    Sister     Lake, Lila Evelyn [I11525] 1914-07-30
    Brother     Lake, Carroll Franklin [I17853] 1916-11-21
    Brother     Lake, Everett Leo [I17852] 1919-08-05
         Lake, Joe Edward, Sr. [I11524] 1922-09-05 1999-06-11

Families

    Family of Lake, Joe Edward, Sr. and Steffen, Arlene [F6124]
Unknown Partner Steffen, Arlene [I11527] ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Lake, Living [I11528]
Lake, Living [I18402]
Lake, Steffen Lee [I18401]1950-02-171994-11-26

Narrative

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Obituary, The State paper, Saturday, June 12, 1999

Joe Lake Sr.

Prosperity - Services for Joe E. Lake Sr., 76, of 5320 U.S. Highway 76,
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, by the
Rev. Fred Suhr. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family
will receive friends 5-7 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers will be Frank Lake, Stanley Hawkins, Ellis Dowd, Billy
Caldwell, Donald Lake, and James Shealy. Honorary pallbearers will be
members of Little Mountain Ruritan Club. Memorials may be made to Little
Mountain Rescue Squad or Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Building Fund.
McSwain-Evans Funeral Hme is in charge.

Mr. Lake died Friday, June 11, 1999, at his residence. Born in Little
Mountain, he was a son of the late Frank and Colie Lindler Lake. He
attended Coyne Electrical School in Chicago and retired from General
Electric in Irmo. He served during World War II with a tour of duty
aboard the destroyer U.S.S. McCall as a sonar specialist. His ship was
the destroyer that entered enemy waters to pick up George Tweed of which
there was later a movie made. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, where he was a member of the Sunday School Class and was a former
Sunday School teacher, former church treasurer, and a member of the
church council. He also served as a past president and an active member
of Little Mountain Ruritan Club. He loved the outdoors, his family, and
friends. He will surely be missed by all who knew him.

Survivng are his wife, Arlene S. Lake; daughter and son-in-law, Janis and
Donald Berley of Prosperity; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Julie Lake
of Newberry; daughter-in-law, Lynn Lake of Newberry; brother, Everette
Lake of Prosperity; sister Lila Hawkins of Prosperity; grandchildren,
Amanda and Melisa Berley, Jessica and J.D. Lake, Breanna and Lindsey
Lake; a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son,
Steffen L. Lake; brothers, Franklin and Floyd Lake; sister, Myrtle
Shealy.[Sease#2.FTW]

Obituary, The State paper, Saturday, June 12, 1999

Joe Lake Sr.

Prosperity - Services for Joe E. Lake Sr., 76, of 5320 U.S. Highway 76,
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, by the
Rev. Fred Suhr. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family
will receive friends 5-7 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers will be Frank Lake, Stanley Hawkins, Ellis Dowd, Billy
Caldwell, Donald Lake, and James Shealy. Honorary pallbearers will be
members of Little Mountain Ruritan Club. Memorials may be made to Little
Mountain Rescue Squad or Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Building Fund.
McSwain-Evans Funeral Hme is in charge.

Mr. Lake died Friday, June 11, 1999, at his residence. Born in Little
Mountain, he was a son of the late Frank and Colie Lindler Lake. He
attended Coyne Electrical School in Chicago and retired from General
Electric in Irmo. He served during World War II with a tour of duty
aboard the destroyer U.S.S. McCall as a sonar specialist. His ship was
the destroyer that entered enemy waters to pick up George Tweed of which
there was later a movie made. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, where he was a member of the Sunday School Class and was a former
Sunday School teacher, former church treasurer, and a member of the
church council. He also served as a past president and an active member
of Little Mountain Ruritan Club. He loved the outdoors, his family, and
friends. He will surely be missed by all who knew him.

Survivng are his wife, Arlene S. Lake; daughter and son-in-law, Janis and
Donald Berley of Prosperity; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Julie Lake
of Newberry; daughter-in-law, Lynn Lake of Newberry; brother, Everette
Lake of Prosperity; sister Lila Hawkins of Prosperity; grandchildren,
Amanda and Melisa Berley, Jessica and J.D. Lake, Breanna and Lindsey
Lake; a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son,
Steffen L. Lake; brothers, Franklin and Floyd Lake; sister, Myrtle Shealy.

Pedigree

  1. Lake, Frank Stillwell [I11111]
    1. Lindler, Colie Eva [I11112]
      1. Lake, Myrtle Catherleen [I11526]
      2. Lake, Wilbur Floyd [I11110]
      3. Lake, Lila Evelyn [I11525]
      4. Lake, Carroll Franklin [I17853]
      5. Lake, Everett Leo [I17852]
      6. Lake, Joe Edward, Sr.
        1. Steffen, Arlene [I11527]
          1. Lake, Living [I11528]
          2. Lake, Living [I18402]
          3. Lake, Steffen Lee [I18401]

Ancestors

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