Karl Frederick “Fred” Lake, 84, of Vienna, passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at Capital Regional Hospital, Jefferson City.
He was born Dec. 19, 1939, a son of Bernard Sjostadt and Pearl (Peterbusch) Lake in St. Louis.
Fred entered active federal service in the U.S. Navy, Jan. 28, 1958, at St. Louis, and served until April 26, 1961, when he was honorably discharged at Great Lakes, Ill., as an aviation machinist mate, at the rank of E4. While enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Fred attended and graduated from Airframe and Power Plant school in 1959.
He was united in marriage to Carolyn Rose Ganninger, Oct. 27, 1962, in New Melle.
Fred went on to become a firefighter in the City of St. Louis; ran a gas station in St. Louis for several years; and retired as a diesel mechanic from Consolidated Freightways, after 20 plus years of employment.
He was preceded in death by parents Bernard and Pearl; brothers, Richard Lake, John Lake and Robert Lake; and sisters, Mary “Molly” Regan and Byrnece Finn.
He is survived by wife of 61 years, Carolyn, of the home near Vienna; children, Edward Lake and wife Tammy of Vienna, Mary Ellen Lake and fiancé Keith Tippit of Overland, and Karl Lake and wife Sarah of Vienna; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Friday, Feb. 16, from 5–7 p.m., in the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Vienna.
Memorials suggested to the Missouri Department of Conservation–Hunters Education.
Arrangements entrusted to Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Vienna.
