Lake, Alpha (Miss) 1883-1989

LAKE, CARPENTER

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

Sioux Center News (8-16-1989)

Born: August 12, 1883
Died: August 11, 1989

Alpha Lake, 105, of Hawarden died Friday, August 11.

Services were at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, August 15, at First Baptist Church in Hawarden with the Reverend Harley Betzolt officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery.

Alpha Lake was born to George P. and Sue (Carpenter) Lake on August 12, 1883, in Big Springs, South Dakota, and moved with her family to Hawarden when she was nine years old. She graduated from Hawarden High School in 1902 and went to a business school in Des Moines. She was a stenographer in Des Moines for many years, later working at Toy National Bank in Sioux City. She returned to Hawarden and moved to Hass Hillcrest Care Center March 10, 1981. She was an active member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two nephews, Phil March of Spirit Lake and George March of Arizona.