Kenneth H. Fake

Kenneth Hearn Fake (February 9, 1895 – May 24, 1963) was an American politician and insurance agent from New York.

Life Fake was born on February 9, 1895, in Chatham, New York. He moved to Cobleskill when he was a boy. He was the son of Leonidas

Fake graduated from Cobleskill High School in 1913 and from Albany Law School in 1917. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army and attended the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School in Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from the school in 1919 and was Second Lieutenant. After his discharge from the Army, he conducted a general insurance agency in Cobleskill. 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932.

Fake was an active member of the Grange, serving as Master and Treasurer of the Cobleskill Grange as a member of the Schoharie Pomona Grange Executive Committee. In 1944, the state's executive committee appointed him the state Grange's representative to the state legislature In this position, he helped get laws passed that favored Grange interests.

Fake was a member of the American Legion, the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the New York State Agricultural Society,

Fake died from a heart attack at the Syracuse Community Hospital on May 24, 1963. He was in Syracuse to attend a meeting of the New York State Fair Board. He was buried in Cobleskill Rural Cemetery.