Alice M. Lake
1914 – 2010
FARMINGTON — Alice M. Lake, 95, of Wilton, died Monday, Jan. 4, at Franklin Memorial Hospital.
She was born April 9, 1914, in North Jay, the daughter of Chester and Ruth Thompson Miller Bryant. She graduated from Wilton Academy in 1932 and went on to graduate from Bates College in 1936. On July 3, 1937, she married Rex H. Lake in North Jay. He died on Nov. 26, 1998.
She was a loving homemaker to her husband and family. She was very involved in the community through her memberships in the North Jay Grange (from which she was the recipient of an 80-year membership pin), Wilton Extension, Wiltona Club, Monday Bridge Club, First Congregational Church of Wilton UCC, and Wilson Lake Country Club.
She enjoyed birds and flowers, reading, sewing, knitting, playing Scrabble, and especially Bridge. She also loved spending time at her camp on Brettuns Pond and cheering for the Red Sox and Celtics.
She is survived by her children, Howard Lake and his wife, Brenda, of Readfield, Lorraine Carlton and her husband, Rick, of Wilton and Edward and his wife, Brenda, of Winthrop; grandchildren, Dan Lake of Boston, Mass., Josh Lake of Readfield, Andy Carlton and his wife, Beth, of Fairfield, Joel Carlton and his fiancée, Michelle McCollister, of Mechanic Falls, Todd Lake and his wife, Cheryl, of Newport and Tammy Lake and Troy Lake, of Waltham, Mass.; and five great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her brother, Linwood Miller.