Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lake, Louis Milton 2014
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, April 2, 2014


Louis "Lou" Milton Lake, age 67, of Wayland passed away March 31, 2014 from 
stomach cancer with his family by his side.  He fought the cancer to the very 
end, trying everything possible to put it into remission.  He LIVED with cancer 
for the last 12 months and lived life to the fullest.  Never letting a day go 
by without letting his family know how much he loves them. 

Louis was born August 29, 1946 in Ionia, Mich., to Hersel and Maxine Lake.  
Louis was drafted into the United States Army and fought in the Vietnam War.  
After he was honorably discharged from the Army, Louis worked a couple jobs 
until he found what would be his lasting career.  He started work at the Grand 
Rapids Press and worked up until retirement on November 30, 2007 after 38 ½ 
years of hard work. 

Lou married the love of his life, Allison (Nyp), on September 14, 1968.  
Together they had a son, Chris and a daughter, Melissa (Missy).  They grew up 
in Wayland on a farm with dogs, cats and horses. Surrounding them were amazing 
neighbors that all grew to be second families to him and amazing friends.  
Helping each other snowplow, bale hay, fix tractors, cut wood and everything in 
between. 

Lou's favorite hobbies were anything to do with John Deere tractors, going 
camping and traveling with his wife, collecting and playing with Lionel trains 
and listening to Reba McIntyre.  But what made him the happiest were his four 
grandchildren. 

Lou is survived by his wife of 45 (1/2) years, Allison; children: Chris (Sarah) 
Lake and Missy (Raymond) Cummings; grandchildren: Vincent Louis, Lauren Ruth, 
Mariah Louise and Parker Mitchell; his sister, LaVonne (Bill) Bennett; two 
brothers: Dan (Roberta) Lake and Herb (Beth) Lake; sister in-law, Ruth (Chuck) 
Hiar, uncles, aunt, many cousins, nieces and nephews and an overwhelming amount 
of wonderful friends. 

Visitation will be held Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 2-1 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at 
the Kubiak-Cook Funeral Home, 4330 18th Street, Dorr, MI.  Funeral Services 
will be held 1 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2014, also at the Kubiak-Cook Funeral 
Home, with Rev. Doug Van Doren officiating.  Donations in Lou's memory can be 
made to Paws with a Cause or Faith Hospice Trillium Woods. 


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