Shirley,
Is this your signature line? What a gas!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely
in
a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid into it broad-sided
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "WOW! WHAT A
RIDE!"
L.A.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shirley McDonnell" <shirley_mcd(a)yahoo.com>
To: <INTIPPEC-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [INTIPPEC] Seeking siblings & aunts/uncles of William E Lake b:
1872 d:1933
> Thelma -
>
> THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Shirley McDonnell
>
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely
in
a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid into it broad-sided
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "WOW! WHAT A
RIDE!"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thelma Brooks-Morgan" <tlbrooksmorgan(a)frontiernet.net>
> To: <INTIPPEC-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [INTIPPEC] Seeking siblings & aunts/uncles of William E Lake
> b:
> 1872 d:1933
>
>
> > I have the following obituary in my files. Hope this will help in your
> > family search.
> > Thelma
> >
> > LAKE, JAMES H. - (??? B 1907)
> > (Lafayette, Indiana Newspaper, March 1, 1907)
> > Montmorenci cemetery, Montmorenci, Tippecanoe county, Indiana
> > James H. Lake, one of the oldest citizens of Shelby township, died at
> 11;15
> > o'clock Wednesday night at the family residence in Montmorenci. He had
> been
> > ill for a year and his death was caused by Brights disease. He was 73
> years
> > old and the greater part of his life was devoted to farming. He leaves
> > a
> > widow and the following children: William and Henry Lake, Mrs Sarah
> > Simes,
> > Mrs A. Coffman and Mrs E. South worth. Mr Lake was an honest and
> > upright
> > man and was an excellent citizen. The funeral will be conducted from
> > the
> > Montmorenci church this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev J H Rayle will
> > officiate and the interment will be made in the Montmorenci Cemetery.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf
> > Of
> > Shirley_McD(a)yahoo.com
> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:17 PM
> > To: INTIPPEC-L(a)rootsweb.com
> > Subject: [INTIPPEC] Seeking siblings & aunts/uncles of William E Lake b:
> > 1872 d:1933
> >
> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
> >
> > Surnames: Lake, Thomas, Trult/Truitt
> > Classification: Query
> >
> > Message Board URL:
> >
> >
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/2481
> >
> > Message Board Post:
> >
> > William E. Lake died 1933 and is buried (next to his wife) at
> > Montmorenci
> > Cemetery (Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County).
> >
> > He married Lear J. Thomas on Apr 4, 1897. They had three children:
> Elbert
> > Leonard (b: 6/22/1898 d: 10/30/1953); Goldie I. (b: 8/16/1908 d: Mar
> > 1976); and Forest (b: circa 1900 d: circa 1980s)
> >
> > According to the marriage documentation that I have located, James Lake
> and
> > Mary Trult/Truitt are William's parents. They were married April 1872,
> > in
> > Warren County, Indiana.
> >
> > I am trying to determine if William had any siblings or if his parents
> did.
> >
> > Any thing sound familiar to anyone?
> >
> > Thanks for your assistance.
>
>
>
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