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ALBERT LAKE JR. Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Al Lake Jr., a long-time New Mexico insurance agent who passed away February 18, 2006 at his residence. Services will be conducted by the Reverend Archie Echois of the First United Methodist Church and will conclude in the Chapel. He was born in Hinton, OK on September 3, 1922 to Albert Marion and Lula Mae Brotherton Lake. They have preceded him in death as well as his wife, Betie Lorraine Lake; two sisters, Thelma Stricker and Mildred Falls; and a younger brother, Billy Glenn Lake. Mr. Lake is survived by one sister, Opal Stackhouse of Bakersfield, CA; and one brother, E. L. "Bud" Lake of Roswell, NM. Mr. Lake served his country in the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer on an LST in the Atlantic and Pacific Theater. Al started in the insurance business, his own agency, in Oklahoma City, OK in 1946. He was a member of the American Legion Post in Oklahoma City and served as its secretary. Al and Bettie moved to Albuquerque, NM in 1950 where he was the state agent for Gulf Insurance Co. in Dallas, TX. He was the president of Pyramid Insurance Co. in Albuquerque. In 1955, Al and Bettie moved to Roswell, NM where he was president of Fidelity Insurance Agency. Al was a longtime supporter of local and state insurance agents of New Mexico. He served on the Board of Directors of Independent Agents of America for 10 years. A member of the Regional Insurance Board, a lobbyist for insurance in Santa Fe legislature for 15 years, and was chairman of Federal Affairs and NAPC Insurance in Washington, DC. Al sold his Fidelity Insurance Agency in 1990 and retired. He was a member and past president of Mid-Day Lions Club. A member of First United Methodist Church and Roswell Elks Club, Al also served on the Board of Directors of the First Federal Savings Bank for 16 years. After retiring from the insurance business, he found time for golf. He bought a home in the Ponderosa Pine Golf Club. Al was a hunter and fisherman and enjoyed his motor home. Mr. Lake enjoyed piloting his own plane for business and pleasure. Memorials may be made to the New Mexico Lions Eye Bank, P.O. Box 931, Roswell, NM 88202-0931 or your favorite charitable organization. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Roswell Mid-Day Lions Club. Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel and Crematory.
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