Lake, William Henry Orton b. 21 Sep 1910 Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Mar 1992 Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Genealogy of Susan and Barry Reynolds

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Birth	21 Sep 1910	Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Relationship	Related to Susan or Barry Reynolds. Click on the Relationship Calculator to display the relationship. (This may take a minute or two for distant cousins.)
Also Known As	Bill Lake
Residence	1953	Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [5]
Died	20 Mar 1992	Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [3, 6]
	Cause: heart failure
	Address: Riverbend Place Cambridge, ON
Buried	24 Mar 1992	Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [3]
	Address: Preston Cemetery 751 Fountain St. Preston/Cambridge, ON Canada
	Buried in Section C.
Age	81 years
Person ID	I18312
Last Modified	23 Jul 2009

Father	Lake, William Henry, b. 9 Nov 1879, Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Nov 1950, Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (71 years)
Mother	Key, Margaret Eliza, b. 10 Jun 1877, Oakland, Brant, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 May 1952, Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (74 years)
Family ID	F8	Group Sheet

Family Freeborn, Elma Masie, b. 5 Apr 1914, Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Jul 1998, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (84 years)

Married 31 Aug 1935 Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [7, 8]

Married in the United Church manse.

Children

+	1. Lake, W.J.,
+	2. Lake, M.A.,
+	3. Lake, S.J.,

Last Modified 20 Aug 2008

Family ID F4 Group Sheet

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Event

	Birth - 21 Sep 1910 - Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	Married - 31 Aug 1935 - Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	Residence - 1953 - Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	Died - Cause: heart failure - 20 Mar 1992 - Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	Buried - Address: Preston Cemetery 751 Fountain St. Preston/Cambridge, ON Canada - 24 Mar 1992 - Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Photos		Lake, William H. O. Helen with Bill Lake about 1956
		Lake, William H. O. Harold Taylor and Bill Lake - September 1929
		Family in Flint Several photographs of family in Flint, Michigan.
		Henry Key with the Vivian Family Henry Key is at the back centre, with his daughter Margaret Eliza beside him on the right and Margaret's husband William Lake on the far right and their son Bill Lake sitting in front of William.
		Henry Key - Miscellaneous Photographs Photographs of the Key Family
		Henry Key's Family - 1935 Photographs of the descendants of Henry and Julia Key. These photographs may have been taken at the time of Harold and Helen's wedding.
		Key, Henry Henry and Julia's Daughters and Families in Flint
		Lake, William H. O. Elma and Bill Lake in their condominium on Shettleston Drive, Cambridge, Ontario about 1988.
		Lake, William H. William Lake with his children Violet and Bill
		Lake, Margaret Pearl 1906-1929 Bill Lake, Harold Taylor, Hazel, Margaret, and Violet Lake
		Lake, William H. Lake home on William Street in Preston (now Cambridge), Ontario.
		Lake, William H. Bill and Elma Lake on the left with their daughters Margaret and Susan; Phyllis Lake between her aunt and uncle Mardie and William.
		Lake, William H. William and Margaret Lake with their son Bill and his son Jim amd ?.
		Lake, William H. William and Margaret Lake with their son Bill and granddaughter Margaret.
		Lake, William H. William with Harold Taylor and William's son Bill
		Lake, William H. Susan's father, William H. O. Lake with his father, William H. Lake
		Lake, William H. Margaret and William Lake With Their Children Margaret, Bill and Violet
		Lake, Stan The Wedding of Stan Lake and Audrey Mann. Stan's sister Phyllis is at the far right. William Henry O. Lake is second from the left.
		Lake, Jim and Margaret Jim and Margaret Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Bill and Elma Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Jim and Margaret Lake
		Lake, James Jim Lake
		Lake, Susan Susan Lake
		Lake, James Jim Lake
		Lake, Susan Susan Lake
		Lake, Susan Susan Lake
		Lake, Susan Susan Lake
		Lake, Susan Susan Lake - Grade 4
		Lake, James Jim Lake
		Lake, James Jim Lake With His Father Bill Lake
		Taylor, James Henry 1871-1950 Jim Taylor with Elma and Bill Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Helen Taylor, Ernie, Margaret Lake, Bill Lake, Sam
		lake, William H. Bill Lake and his father William H. Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Elma Masie Freeborn and William Henry Orton Lake were married August 31, 1935 in the United Church Manse, Hespeler, Ontario, Canada
		Lake, William H. O. Elma and Bill Lake at Algonquin Park
		Lake, William H. O. Bill and Elma Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Condominium, 6 Shettleston Dr., Cambridge, ON. 1980
		Lake, William H. O. Irvin Lake with son Barry, Bill Lake with daughter Susan, and ?
		Lake, William H. O. Elma and Bill Lake
		Lake, William H. O. Elma Masie Freeborn and William Henry Orton Lake were married August 31, 1935 in the United Church Manse, Hespeler, Ontario, Canada
		Lake, William H. O. Elma and Bill
		Lake, William H. O. Bill Lake (with the X)
		Lake, William H. O. Bill and Elma
		Lake, William Bill Lake With His Sister Margaret on the Left and Her Friend Hazel on the Right
		Lake, William Henry O. 1910-1992 Back Row: Bill Lake, Harold Taylor, Violet Lake Front Row: Margaret Lake (right) with her friend Hazel
		Lake, William Henry O. 1910-1992 Bill and Elma Lake With Their Children Margaret, Susan and Jim
		Lake, William H. 1879-1950 Back Row: Bill Lake, Margaret Lake, James Taylor and Margaret's friend Hazel Front Row: Nettie (Key) Taylor, Mardie (Key) Lake, William Lake
		Lake, William H. O. 1910-1992 Bill and Elma Lake with their children Margaret, Jim and Susan
		Lake, William H. 1879-1950 William and Mardie Lake with their children Vi, Margaret and Bill
		Lake, William Henry 1879-1950 At the back from the left are Margaret Key, her sister Nettie and standing to the back her sister Louisa with husband Jim Huntley. The lady on the right is not identified. Harold Taylor is behind his son Robert and next to William Lake, Margaret's husband. Alma and Bill Lake are to the left of he father William Lake. The photograph would have been taken in the early 1950's.

Documents		Lake, William H. O. - Sunday School Papers Etc. Bill was the Sunday School Superintendent at St. Paul's United Church in Preston for many years.
		Lake, William H. O. Newspaper Clipping
		Galt, Preston and Hespeler Railway
		Lake, William H. O. Certificate for Volunteer Service
		Lake, William H. O. Certificate for Volunteer Service
		Lake, William H. O. Volunteer Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. Conestoga College Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. Conestoga College Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. Conestoga College Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. Conestoga College Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. Volunteer Work at Riverbend Centre
		Lake, William H. O. First Aid Certificate
		Lake, William H. O. 50th Wedding Anniversary
		Lake, William H. O. 50th Wedding Anniversary
		Lake, William H. O. 50th Wedding Anniversary
		Lake, William H. O. 50th Wedding Anniversary
		Lake, Thomas (1864 - 1954) Letters to Clara Bell Lake

Headstones

Lake, William H. (1879 - 1950)
[Side 1:]L / In memory of / William H. Lake / Nov 9 1879 - Nov 20 1950 / his wife / Margaret Eliza Key / June 10 1877 - May 6 1952 / Margaret Pearl beloved dau of / William H & Margaret Lake / Oct 16 1906 - Jan 4 1929 / Lake

[Side 2:] L / In memory of / Harris Wyatte Weber / Nov 3 1906 - Sept 30 1953 / Violet J. Weber / Apr 6 1909 - Feb 28 1998 / William H O Lake / Sept 21 1910 - Mar 20 1992 / Elma M Lake / Apr 5 1914 - July 6 1998 / Lake

Histories		Lake, William H. O. - Funeral Message
Histories		Lake, William H. Biography

Notes

Funeral Message for Wm. H. O. (Bill) Lake - 24 March 1992
The Rev. Peter Wesley

Bill Lake was a worrier. He worried that he just wasn't good enough. He worried that he wasn't a good enough husband, or a good enough father. He worried that he wasn't a good enough friend or a good enough Christian. He worried that he wasn't doing enough for his family or for his church or for his community. He worried that he wasn't doing enough to serve others or to serve God.

But the truth is that Bill Lake was good enough--more than good enough! The truth is that Bill Lake did do enough--more than enough--for you his family, for us his Friends and church family, for others and for God. The truth of the matter is that Bill Lake was one sweetheart of a man and human being.

And so it is that today we celebrate and honour this good man's life with gratitude and with affection; and give thanks that now he will no longer be in doubt of his worthiness For now Bill takes his rightful. place in God's House in the place his Lord and our Lord has prepared for him. Thanks be to God.

Indeed, thanks be to God For giving us the gift of Bill Lake. For that's what he was to both his families, wasn't he: a gift to you his immediate family and relatives; and a gift to us his Church family. He was completely dedicated to both. Church and Family were his life!

What an enduring, enriching legacy Bill Lake leaves you his family! Bill taught you so much about life and love and service to others and good values and faith and faithfulness not just in his words, but by his example. His kindness, his sensitivity -- his basic decency -- will stay with you always, and continue to shape your characters and lives for years to come.

Bill. wasn't perfect, of course. He could be a complainer about his own health or lot in life; and yet that was often balanced by a deceptively delightful sense of humour. He was a worrier but he could also dance and soothe his soul with music. He didn't think he told you how much he loved you often enough; and yet his actions always spoke volumes and he expressed his love for you probably more than he realized.

Bill Lake: Loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, great grandfather, relative. He was indeed a gift from God to you his family.

Bill. was a divine gift to us his friends and church family too. What an enduring enriching legacy he leaves us in this Church, St. Paul's! Faithful. member all his life from Baptism to Funeral. Dedicated elder and Sunday School Superintendent for years. Willing volunteer and participant in countless church groups and events and projects

Bill Lake contributed so much to this Church, spiritually and materially. Look around this sanctuary. Bill had a talent with wood. He built this stand and case for the Book of Memorial Gifts. He built the lower extension of the Communion Table so it could fit over the last step there. He built the wooden replica of St. Paul's Church building (that we've placed on the Communion Table today) building it 15 years ago at Anniversary time to help the Sunday School. children appreciate this church and its history.

Being the humble man that he was, Bill. would probably be quite surprised at how well. and affectionately he's going to be remembered around here. I've talked to a number of people in the congregation over the past two days who have shared marvellous stories of Bill's unassuming and dedicated contributions to the life and work of St. Paul's.

Christian Education people remember him not just as a Sunday School Superintendent years ago, but also as the man you could always count on to come and run the film projector whenever the Sunday School or youth needed to see slides or a movie. One Sunday School teacher told me how Bill took her class on a tour of the church building, sharing all the history of the cornerstone in the lobby, the old turkey suppers downstairs--the kids loved it, and sent him a heartfelt thank you note. And what did Bill do? He sent them a thank you note for the thank you note, thanking them for letting him (an old man as he called himself indulge himself) by giving them a tour of the place he loved.

That was typical of Bill in this church. He gave us so much, and didn't even realize how much it & he meant to us. And he was so grateful himself for any kindness shown to him. I remember on one visit to him in the hospital last spring, he handed me a thank you note, specifically addressed to the Sunday School child who had given him an Easter Card made during her Sunday School class. Considering that he was still. recovering his writing skills after his last stroke, that letter took a lot of effort. But that's how thoughtful. and appreciative Bill always was.

Bill. and I had many good talks and visits over the years: in his apartment, in my office, in the hospital, at Riverbend. We talked about family, church and theology. I think I almost had him convinced about God's grace and love for him. Bill. was one of my favourite visits and people. I will. never forget him.

Indeed, I know that each of you here today has your own personal, memories of Bill Lake that are special and unique to you. These may cause you to smile sometimes today and to cry sometimes today. But that's OK, you know. Don't be embarrassed or confused about such emotions and reactions. They are normal and healthy. Instead, in the midst of smiles and tears, give thanks. Give thanks to God for the quality of relationship that has shaped your memories of Bill. Lake and for the memories themselves. They are gifts to you from God and Bill Lake will continue to touch your lives in good ways because of them.

I invite you to give thanks also for the promises and assurances of Bill's and our Christian faith.

Whenever someone we know and care about dies, we are confronted with death in a way we cannot avoid. And to the surface come all those uncertainties and questions and apprehensions about "How will I Cope?", "What does death mean for him and for me?" and "What, if anything, comes after death?", We want to know, we want to be assured: that we will not be alone or lonely in our grieving; that our friend and loved one's life really counted for something; that our lives really count for something; and that his and ours will continue to exist and count for something in a very real, way after physical death.

The Christian faith -- Bill's faith and our faith -- speaks to such concerns and answers them with the abiding presence of God, and with the resurrection promises of Jesus Christ.

"I will not leave you desolate," says Jesus. And so it is that we will find the comfort and strength we need in our grieving -- in God and in God's people around us.

"Let not your hearts be troubled," says Jesus [because] in my father's house are many rooms ... And ... I go to prepare a place for you ... that where I am, you may be also." And so it is that those of faith are assured that death is not some lonely final end of our existence but rather the gateway to a new, resurrected glorious existence in God's "House" where there are "many rooms'

Today, let us give thanks that Bill Lake -- a faithful Christian believer - has now inherited these promises of life and love beyond the grave and that Bill's soul is now truly at peace. Let us give thanks that these promises are offered to us also in the faithful following of Jesus.

Indeed, thanks be to God!

From William Lake's obituary.

Mr. Lake was born in Preston and was a lifelong resident. He had been employed at Canada Last until his retirement 17 years ago. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church.

Irvin Lake remembers Bill as always bringing a watermelon to the family picnics. The family picnics tended to be in Welland or Niagara Falls and one picnic was in Preston. (One was in Galt, one was in Tonawanda - Susan Lake)
(Medical):Stroke about 1988.

Sources

[S113] Personal Knowledge, Susan and Barry Reynolds, (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada).
[S14] Death Notice for William Henry Lake, ((Place of publication unknown, November 20, 1956), Newspaper).
[S375] Death Certificate for William Henry Orton Lake, Barthel Funeral Home Ltd., (22 Mar 1992, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada).
[S1653] Key Family Tree, George G. Key and others.
[S2230] Lake Family History, Thoma Lake, (Letters to Clara Lake, 1953, Thomas Lake, photocopy of original).
[S3] Death Notice for William Henry O. Lake, ((Place of publication unknown, 1992), Newspaper).
[S308] 50th Wedding Anniversary Notice for William and Elma Lake, ((Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, Publisher Unknown, 31 Aug 1985), Newspaper).
[S309] Wedding Notice for Elma Freeborn and William Lake, ((Publisher Unknown, 31 Aug 1935), Newspaper).

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