Elaine Joyce Lamp

Elaine Joyce Lamp, age 85, widow of Don Lamp, Canton, formerly of Willow Lake, died in the Good Samaritan Center at Canton on Saturday, February 1, 2020.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 5-7pm at the Furness Funeral Home at Clark and will continue on Friday morning after 10AM.  At 6:30 PM on Thursday there will be a prayer service facilitated by her family.

Funeral services will be held at 11AM on Friday, February 7, 2020, in the Furness Funeral Home at Clark with the Reverend Al Richardson officiating.  The pianist will be Dorothy Fuller.  Burial will be in the spring in the Collins Cemetery at Willow Lake.

She was born Elaine Joyce Anderson on November 27, 1934, on a farm north of Huron, the daughter of Neal and Ethel (Grimm) Anderson.  The family moved to Willow Lake and Elaine went to school at Willow Lake, graduating in 1952.  She worked at a café in Willow Lake and on November 10, 1953, she was united in marriage to Donald R. Lamp at Willow Lake.  They lived in San Diego, CA from 1957 to 1963, and then returned to Willow Lake.  She returned to work at the café in Willow Lake, cleaning homes in the area, and fixing ladies hair.  They then purchased and operated the D & E Café and the Lamp Lighter Lounge in Willow Lake and also the Lamp Lighter II in Altamont.

In her free moments she enjoyed crafting, crocheting, and watching "her stories" on TV.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Don, son Kenneth, grandchildren Levi Lusk and Ranae Favors, and siblings William Anderson, Lloyd (Ardis) Anderson, and Vesta (Tebbo) Harms.

Survivors include her children, Deborah (Donald) Lusk of Watertown and Eugene (Connie) Lamp of Canton, 16 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren, and a host of other family members.

Funeral arrangements are with the Furness Funeral Home at Clark where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com