HAXTUN- Funeral service were conducted today for Wallace Steven Lambert, 84, of Haxtun from the United Methodist Church, Rev, Roy Pfaltzfraff and Rev. Jim Davis officiating.
Burial will follow at the Haxtun Cemetery.
Mr Lambert, retire Haxtun Chief of Police, died Thursday, July 3, 1986, at Haxtun. He served as police chief for 19 years, retiring and the opeating the Haxtun Recreation Center.
He was born Jan.22, 1902 in Trumbull, Neb., the son of Frank and Ethel Linscott Lambert, came to Colorado in 1905 riding in a caboose of a freight train with his mother, settling in Crook. He received his education in Concord School northeast of Dailey.
He married Nina Drought Oct 14, 1951 in Denver and operated the Haxtun Sale Barn for several years before becoming chief of police.
He is survived by his wife, Nina of Haxtun, three sons: Ray and Lydell Lambert of Sterling, Jerry lambert of Erie: stepdaughter Dorothy: two brothers, Lester Lambert and Harold Lambert, five sisters: Myrtle Weers, Edna Frese, Helen Pettit, Iva Davis, Dorothy Sturges; eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
HAXTUN- Funeral service were conducted today for Wallace Steven Lambert, 84, of Haxtun from the United Methodist Church, Rev, Roy Pfaltzfraff and Rev. Jim Davis officiating.
Burial will follow at the Haxtun Cemetery.
Mr Lambert, retire Haxtun Chief of Police, died Thursday, July 3, 1986, at Haxtun. He served as police chief for 19 years, retiring and the opeating the Haxtun Recreation Center.
He was born Jan.22, 1902 in Trumbull, Neb., the son of Frank and Ethel Linscott Lambert, came to Colorado in 1905 riding in a caboose of a freight train with his mother, settling in Crook. He received his education in Concord School northeast of Dailey.
He married Nina Drought Oct 14, 1951 in Denver and operated the Haxtun Sale Barn for several years before becoming chief of police.
He is survived by his wife, Nina of Haxtun, three sons: Ray and Lydell Lambert of Sterling, Jerry lambert of Erie: stepdaughter Dorothy: two brothers, Lester Lambert and Harold Lambert, five sisters: Myrtle Weers, Edna Frese, Helen Pettit, Iva Davis, Dorothy Sturges; eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Lloyd Adolphe Lambert
1904–1984
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Lester Lambert
1906–1992
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Walker Lambert
1908–1984
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Edna Marie Lambert Frese
1909–1998
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Troy Harold Lambert
1911–1954
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Harold Lambert
1913–1996
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Lyle Lambert
1915–1985
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Iva Mary Lambert Davis
1918–2011
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Myrtle J. Lambert Weers
1920–2015
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Dorothy Maxine Lambert Sturges
1922–2006
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Helen Marie Lambert Pettit
1924–2014
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Betty Jean Lambert
1927–1927
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