Entertainer, dance instructor.
Born at Winnipeg in 1924, daughter of Rosalia Barona (?-?) and Joseph Petroni (1874-1954), her career began she was four years old entertaining audiences in local theatres, sometimes up to three nights a week. She sang, tap-danced, and performed acrobatics and comedy routines. A regular at the Beacon Theatre, she met drummer James Henry “Jimmy” Lake (1912-1989) and, on 1 January 1942, the two married and later had a son.
She opened a dance studio in the early 1960s and also taught in community centres around the city. She dedicated her life to her family, studio, and students. A well-respected member of the Winnipeg Italian community, she founded the Italian Canadian League of Manitoba Folk Dancers and the Sicilian Folk Dancers. She received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1979).
She died at Winnipeg on 24 October 2004 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Marriage registration [Angela Petroni, James Henry Lake], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [James Henry Lake], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1989, page 43.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 2004.
Angela C. Lake, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 8 September 2024
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