Tomi W. Lake

Tomi Watamabe Lake (92) passed peacefully on Thursday, January 28, 2021 surrounded by her family.She was born in Kobe, Japan on April 15, 1928 to Horoshi and Yuki Harada Watanabe.Tomi worked in the USAF Tachikawa Air Base mess hall where she met the love of her life, Paul E Lake. They were married August 8, 1958 in Japan then moved to the United States upon the end of his deployment. She was a member of First Baptist Church on Lower Valley. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends and playing bingo which she was very good at winning. Tomi is survived by her daughter, Linda J Lake, Fairmont, WV, granddaughter, Kaila LMcClellanEsq., Centerville, OH, sisters, Chiako Sato and Sachiko Mutai of Japan, brothers-in-law, Jack Lake, Thomas (Donna) Lake, Robert (Kay) Lake, James (Barbara) Lake, sister-in-law Nancy Valentine all of Fairmont, WV. In addition to her parents and husband she is preceded in death by sister Emi Ariki, brothers-in-law John Lake and James Valentine, sisters-in –laws Pauline and Karen Lake. Visitation will be Wednesday,February 3, 2021 from 10:30 to 12:30 at Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar &Fraley Funeral Home, 507 W Jefferson St., New Carlisle, OH. Funeral service will be held at 12:30 with Pastor Dale Slumbo officiating. Interment will follow at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Online condolences may be made towww.trostelchapman.com.