Louise Elizabeth Lake was born on May 17, 1910 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Her father, Frank Lake, was born in Germany, and her mother, Antonnina Hovak, in Pennsylvania.

At the time of the 1930 census, she was a student nurse at St. Francis and lived in the Nurses' Home.

The marriage licence of Louise E. Lake, 5432 Howe St., and John Fadgen of Philadelphia, was posted in the Pittsburgh Press on November 14, 1939.

From a list of Pennsylvania Registered Nurses, 1940-1941, published by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners: "Louise Lake Fadgen, 612 California Ave., Avalon."

HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: - Pittsburgh Press, Oct 7, 1951 - FADGEN - On Friday, Oct. 5, John F., beloved husband of Louise Lake Fadgen of 528 East End Ave., Pgh.; father of John, Jane, James, Joseph, Jerome and Kevin Fadgen; also three brothers and two sisters. Friends may call at Knee Memorial Home, Center at South, Wilkinsburg. High mass of requiem at St. James R.C. Church, Wilkinsburg, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 9 a.m.

OBITUARY: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar 26, 1954 -- FADGEN, Louise Betty Lake, of 528 East End Ave., Pittsburgh 21, on Wednesday, March 24, 1954, beloved mother of Jane, John, James, Joseph, Jerard, and Kevin Fadgen; sister of Amelia Czekanski of Fairchance, Stella Sofranko of Uniontown, Caroline Lake of Washington, D.C.; Andrew and Frank Lake of Aliquippa. Friends may call at the Knee Memorial Home, Center at Wilkinsburg. High mass of requiem in St. James R.C. Church on Saturday at 10 a.m. Christian Mothers rosary services Friday evening at 9:30 o'clock. (Died of Stomach Cancer. Buried at All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery.)