Idaho Statesman -  Boise ID - 1999-9-29

Lena Christine Lakey, 88, of Wilder and formerly of Caldwell, died Monday,
Sept. 27, 1999, at a Boise hospital of natural causes.
    Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999,
at the Emmett Cemetery, with Pastor Brian Dyer of Ustick Church of the
Nazarene, Caldwell, officiating.  Services are under the direction of Daken
Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.
    Lena was born March 16, 1911, in Sweden, Douglas County, Mo., the
daughter of Kell and Lula Hammons Fleetwood, where she was raised and
educated.  She married William Lakey March 16, 1931, in Ava, Mo., where they
lived until 1942, at which time they moved to Idaho.  After a few years of
farm laboring they spent the next few years opening different restaurants,
finally starting Lakey's Restaurant in Caldwell in 1958.  They resided there
until their retirement in October 1967.  Mr. Lakey died May 22, 1968.
    Lena is survived by three children, Stella and her husband, Howard
Smallwood of Wilder, Don Lakey and his wife Joan of Cambridge, and Annetta
and her husband James Naillon of Cambridge; 11 grandchildren; and 12
great-grandchildren.
    In addition to her husband, Lena was preceded in death by her parents;
five brothers; a sister; and a great-grandson.
    Friends may call at Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell on Wednesday, Sept.
29, 1999, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    The family suggests that memorials be made to Alzheimer's Association,
Boise/Treasure Valley Chapter, 4696 Overland Road, #482, Boise, ID  83705.