Carl Patrick Lake
August 01, 1952 – November 18, 2020
Carl Lake
It is with profound sadness that the family of Carl Lake announces his passing on November 18, 2020.
A proud husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, Carl dearly loved St. Bon’s, baseball, the Boston Bruins, and #4 Bobby Orr.
Predeceased by his parents, Patrick & Agnes (Winslow) Lake and special Aunt Mary (Doll) Winslow.
Leaving to mourn are his loving wife Debby (Stamp), daughter Carla (Lee Edwards), son Steven, stepdaughters Melanie Collins (Matthew Pittman), Terri Collins and Cindy Collins (Orion Batten), and his pride and joy, grandsons Nathan Edwards and Cameron Edwards. Also mourning are his sister Rosalie (Owen Trickey), father-in-law and mother-in-law, Tom and Margie Stamp, sisters-in-law Wanda (Ron Learning) and Mary Lou (Andrew Wareham), nephews Geoffrey Trickey, Colin Trickey, and Eric Learning (Alanah Whiteway), and nieces Emily Learning, Emma Wareham and Anna Wareham, as well as special aunt and uncle Elizabeth and Bill Feehan.
Left with fond memories are life-long friends Steve McCarthy, Danny Dodd and the Faceys – Christopher, Nigel, Nicholas and Timothy, special friends Anthony Germain, James Targatt and Kelly Piercey, his beloved baseball family – the umpires, players, coaches and executive members of the St. John’s Amateur Baseball Association, along with a large circle of friends and relatives.
Carl’s family would like to express their sincere appreciation and thanks to the paramedic program, community health nurses, staff of 4 North A and palliative care staff for their kindness and compassion during his illness, and especially to their friends, who were always within arms-reach for whatever was needed, whenever it was needed. Your friendship and kindness were always appreciated and will never be forgotten.
Resting at Caul’s Funeral Home, Lemarchant Road on Friday, Nov.20th from 3 p.m.- 9 p.m.. Funeral service to take place on Saturday, Nov. 21st from Cauls Chapel at 1:30 p.m..
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. John’s Amateur Baseball Association or the St. Bonaventure’s Scholarship Program.
Carl had a long and varied career that took him from reporting news and sports to the steps of government and back again.
Carl’s career in journalism started 1968 as a rookie reporter for the Daily News. From there he turned his attention to television. He joined CJON-TV in 1972, and received the Dan McArthur Journalism Award in 1976 for his documentary on the Come By Chance Oil refinery. In 1978 he moved to CBC Here & Now as a sports reporter, his true passion.
In 1985, Carl shifted gears and moved into the political field as Executive Assistant and Communications Director to the Hon. Jerome Dinn, Minister of Mines, Energy and Housing.
The media and sports called him back and in 1989 he went to work as a sports reporter and on-the-spot news reporter for VOCM.
Carl left the “traditional media” in 1995 and set out on a new path. He noticed there was a lack of reporting of local sports and set out to correct that. He started “The Sports Phone”, an automated recording that brought callers information about local sports. Several years later, Carl moved to an online platform and started “The Sports Page”, which he administered right up to his passing.
One of Carl’s proudest moments was being the driving force behind broadcasting the Herder Memorial Hockey Championship games for the first time on the internet and providing colour commentary for those games.
Carl loved all sports, but none more than baseball. He proudly devoted most of his life to the game. In his early days, he was a ball boy at St. Pat’s Ballpark. After his playing careers, Carl shifted his baseball energy to umpiring, which lead to his induction into the St. John’s Amateur Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Baseball NL Hall of Fame in 2006.
Carl was a baseball umpire for 53 years and on September 1, he officiated his final game.
As Carl often remarked, St. Pat’s was his own piece of heaven.
If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Carl Patrick Lake 2020..
Death notice for the town of: Torbay, Province: T-N
So sorry for your loss. Our prayers and and thoughts are with you and your family.
I was so saddened to hear this. I met Carl this year doing research on his Lake family. He was so happy to see some of his kin and heritage. I got a big hug from him and a smile from ear to ear. So glad I got to meet this kind gentle man. God bless, and hugs to his family.