Hagerstown Morning; Hagerstown MD; 1998-5-15

                        Hagerstown Morning Herald (MD)          May 15, 1998
        Boonsboro - Robert Elwood Lakin, 88, of Boonsboro, died Thursday,
        May 14, 1998, at Washington County Hospital.  Born Dec. 4, 1909,
        in Boonsboro, he was the son of the late Robert Thompson and
        Lenora McLaughlin Lakin.  As owner and president of J.B.Ferguson
        Co. Inc., he was responsible for the construction and engineering
        of many structures throughout the five-state area including
        Washington County Hospital additions, Pangborn Hall, and the
        initial Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, and for the
        engineering for the Pentagon near Fort Ritchie and the DuPont
        plant near Falling Waters, W.Va.  He was involved in restoration
        projects, including Hager House.  He also was involved in the
        engineering and construction of water, waste-water, filtration
        plants and environment systems.  He was a member of Trinity
        Reformed United Church of Christ, Boonsboro, where he was a
        member and president of the consistory.  He was a member of
        Hagerstown Rotary Club, past president and charter member of
        the Economic Development Commission of Washington County, board
        member of the Salvation Army, board member of Coffman Home for
        the Aging, past president and member of Associated Builders and
        Contractors, and a director of Keedysville Bank.  He was a member
        of Fountain Head Country Club.  He is survived by his wife of
        63 years, Marjorie Beall Lakin; two daughters, Eleanor V. Lakin
        and Patrica L. Lemkuhl, both of Boonsboro; two granddaughters,
        Yvette L. May of Boonsboro and Yvonne L. Krayer of Centerville,
        Va.; and two great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death
        by two sisters, Catherine Lakin and Helen Lakin Trueheart.
        Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the
        chapel of Bast Funeral Home, 7606 Old National Pike, Boonsboro.
        The Revs. Willard Rahn and Kenneth Harrington will officiate.
        Burial will be in Boonsboro Cemetery.  The family will receive
        friends at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.  In lieu
        of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Friends of the
        Washington County Agricultural Museum, Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro,
        MD 21713.