A graveside service for Charles P. Lake, 80, who passed away March 7, at the Woodlands, will be held Monday, August 30, 2021, at 11 a.m., at Coughlin Memorial Cemetery. To read his full obituary or share a memory with the Lake family,.
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Charles P. Lake.
Charles P. Lake.
ROCKLAND Charles P. Lake, 80, passed away Sunday, March 7, at the Woodlands from complications of COVID-19 and dementia.
Charlie was born July 19, 1940, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Mary Lee (Hagan) and R. T. Lake. He was one of 7 children, and graduated from Modoc High School in 1958. Charlie joined the Navy in 1959 and served on the
USS Chipola, an oiler. He was very proud of the fact that he had observed atomic blasts in the Pacific in 1962. He was also stationed in Japan and Hawaii.
He met Joan DeCastro in Baltimore one day before his ship sailed back to San Francisco, and it was love at first sight. They married in Reno, Nevada, in 1961, and when he was discharged from the Navy came back to live with Joan’s parents in Rockland, Maine, whom he loved dearly. Charlie and Joan held a second wedding ceremony in Rockland.