The Guttenberg Press, IA, Wednesday, February 22, 1995, pg. 8, col. 4
Alois J. Lake
Services for Alois J. Lake, 98, long-time Guttenberg business man, were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at St. Mary Catholic church, Guttenberg, by Father Richard Gaul.
Mr. Lake died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Visitation was Friday at the Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home where a scripture wake service was held that evening.
Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery where military honors were accorded by the American Legion and Amvets posts. Casket bearers were Jeff Lake, John Auer, Peter Lake, Joe Lake, David Auer and Andrew Lake.
Alois. J. "Al" Lake was born May 17, 1896, in Guttenberg, a son of Benjamin and Helena (Tieke) Lake. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier Boy's School in Dyersville. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1917, served in the photographic department in the signal corp, and spent two years in France. In 1922 he entered the hardware business in Guttenberg with his brother-in-law, John T. Kuempel, and the business was known as Kuempel and Lake Hardware. Mr. Lake retired in 1964. He was a member of the Guttenberg American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.
On June 26, 1922, he was united in marriage at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Dyersville to Leonilla "Leo" Steger, who died Nov. 13, 1986.
In recent years Mr. Lake was honored with an invitation to Paris, France by the French government in recognition for missionary work he had done in a hospital in France. He declined the invitation.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. JoAnn (and Dr. George) Auer of Guttenberg; one son, Dr. Carlton (and Wilma) Lake of Cedar Rapids; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Helen (and Dr. Don) Meder of Guttenberg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters, Hilda Kuempel and Clara Tillia; and two brothers, Edward Lake and Dr. Anthony Lake.
Alois J. Lake
Services for Alois J. Lake, 98, long-time Guttenberg business man, were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at St. Mary Catholic church, Guttenberg, by Father Richard Gaul.
Mr. Lake died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Visitation was Friday at the Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home where a scripture wake service was held that evening.
Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery where military honors were accorded by the American Legion and Amvets posts. Casket bearers were Jeff Lake, John Auer, Peter Lake, Joe Lake, David Auer and Andrew Lake.
Alois. J. "Al" Lake was born May 17, 1896, in Guttenberg, a son of Benjamin and Helena (Tieke) Lake. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier Boy's School in Dyersville. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1917, served in the photographic department in the signal corp, and spent two years in France. In 1922 he entered the hardware business in Guttenberg with his brother-in-law, John T. Kuempel, and the business was known as Kuempel and Lake Hardware. Mr. Lake retired in 1964. He was a member of the Guttenberg American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.
On June 26, 1922, he was united in marriage at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Dyersville to Leonilla "Leo" Steger, who died Nov. 13, 1986.
In recent years Mr. Lake was honored with an invitation to Paris, France by the French government in recognition for missionary work he had done in a hospital in France. He declined the invitation.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. JoAnn (and Dr. George) Auer of Guttenberg; one son, Dr. Carlton (and Wilma) Lake of Cedar Rapids; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Helen (and Dr. Don) Meder of Guttenberg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters, Hilda Kuempel and Clara Tillia; and two brothers, Edward Lake and Dr. Anthony Lake.
The Guttenberg Press, IA, Wednesday, February 22, 1995, pg. 8, col. 4
Alois J. Lake
Services for Alois J. Lake, 98, long-time Guttenberg business man, were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at St. Mary Catholic church, Guttenberg, by Father Richard Gaul.
Mr. Lake died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Visitation was Friday at the Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home where a scripture wake service was held that evening.
Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery where military honors were accorded by the American Legion and Amvets posts. Casket bearers were Jeff Lake, John Auer, Peter Lake, Joe Lake, David Auer and Andrew Lake.
Alois. J. "Al" Lake was born May 17, 1896, in Guttenberg, a son of Benjamin and Helena (Tieke) Lake. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier Boy's School in Dyersville. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1917, served in the photographic department in the signal corp, and spent two years in France. In 1922 he entered the hardware business in Guttenberg with his brother-in-law, John T. Kuempel, and the business was known as Kuempel and Lake Hardware. Mr. Lake retired in 1964. He was a member of the Guttenberg American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.
On June 26, 1922, he was united in marriage at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Dyersville to Leonilla "Leo" Steger, who died Nov. 13, 1986.
In recent years Mr. Lake was honored with an invitation to Paris, France by the French government in recognition for missionary work he had done in a hospital in France. He declined the invitation.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. JoAnn (and Dr. George) Auer of Guttenberg; one son, Dr. Carlton (and Wilma) Lake of Cedar Rapids; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Helen (and Dr. Don) Meder of Guttenberg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters, Hilda Kuempel and Clara Tillia; and two brothers, Edward Lake and Dr. Anthony Lake.
Alois J. Lake
Services for Alois J. Lake, 98, long-time Guttenberg business man, were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 at St. Mary Catholic church, Guttenberg, by Father Richard Gaul.
Mr. Lake died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1995, at the Guttenberg Care Center.
Visitation was Friday at the Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home where a scripture wake service was held that evening.
Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery where military honors were accorded by the American Legion and Amvets posts. Casket bearers were Jeff Lake, John Auer, Peter Lake, Joe Lake, David Auer and Andrew Lake.
Alois. J. "Al" Lake was born May 17, 1896, in Guttenberg, a son of Benjamin and Helena (Tieke) Lake. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier Boy's School in Dyersville. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1917, served in the photographic department in the signal corp, and spent two years in France. In 1922 he entered the hardware business in Guttenberg with his brother-in-law, John T. Kuempel, and the business was known as Kuempel and Lake Hardware. Mr. Lake retired in 1964. He was a member of the Guttenberg American Legion and the Knights of Columbus.
On June 26, 1922, he was united in marriage at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Dyersville to Leonilla "Leo" Steger, who died Nov. 13, 1986.
In recent years Mr. Lake was honored with an invitation to Paris, France by the French government in recognition for missionary work he had done in a hospital in France. He declined the invitation.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. JoAnn (and Dr. George) Auer of Guttenberg; one son, Dr. Carlton (and Wilma) Lake of Cedar Rapids; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Helen (and Dr. Don) Meder of Guttenberg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters, Hilda Kuempel and Clara Tillia; and two brothers, Edward Lake and Dr. Anthony Lake.
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