Helen Elizabeth Lake

Helen Elizabeth Lake, 92, formally of Benton Harbor, died peacefully in her sleep Saturday January 9, 2010 at Providence Health Care located in Zeeland Michigan. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Starks and Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Road in St. Joseph with Rev. Chris Spitters officiating. Burial will follow at North Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. on Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home, friends wishing to send a condolence may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Memorial Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Helen was born to Gustav & Marie (Waldvogel) Enders on June 6, 1917 in Hamilton Ohio. She enjoyed gardening, golf and was a wonderful cook and seamstress. Helen was a fan of early jazz music, listening to the likes of Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway, whom she would tell stories about seeing them perform live. She was a devoted wife, a trusting mother, and a generous grandmother. She inspired tolerance, curiosity, and laughter in all children and teenagers who gathered around her. She will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her daughter Patricia (Paul) Kelley of St. Joseph; grandson Eric (Connie) Peet of Saugatuck, MI; granddaughter Vickie (Donald) Frazier of Zeeland MI; a sister Louise Wolfram of North Carolina; great-grandchildren Jeffrey Frazier of Montana; Jennifer (Jeremy) Tevis of Iowa and four great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband Warren Lake on February 22, 1987