Online source: http://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=reginald-thomas-lombard&pid=149551586
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Obituary for Col. Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 22, 2011:
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"Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)"
"SCARBOROUGH -- Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), died peacefully in his sleep on March 18, 2011, in Scarborough.
He was born on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1927, at the State Street Hospital in Portland, the son of Dr. Reginald T. Lombard, and Dorothy Jewett Lombard.
Reg graduated from South Portland High School (Class of 1944). He then entered Bowdoin College (Class of 1948) at age 16. Following Bowdoin, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1950). At Bowdoin, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a past President of the Maine Antiquarian Bookseller's Association and a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Reg immensely enjoyed horseback riding and was the Maine State Grand Champion in horsemanship at the age of 12. He attended the Lipizzaner Riding School in Salzburg, Austria and the French Riding School in Paris. He rode until the age of 83 and loved it.
Reg was devoted to the performing arts, producing, directing, and acting in classic and musical theater. During his Bowdoin and West Point days, one could often find Reg playing the organ and pealing the bells in the chapels, and entertaining requests from up and down the Hudson River. In recent years, Reg played the piano for Piper Shores residents, friends and family.
While he took a break from his musical endeavors, Reg loved reading, world travel and was fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Colonel Lombard's military career spanned 34 years, including 12 overseas. He was a Combat Infantry Officer and a master paratrooper. He served in Korea, Vietnam (First Air Cavalry Div.), Thailand, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. In Cambodia, he supervised the successful American evacuation of Phnom Penh, two weeks before the fall of Saigon.
In Egypt, he was one of the founders of the Sinai Peace Keeping Force.
Career highlights include organizing the ninth Conference of the American Armies and graduating from the French Army War College (Ecole Superieure de Guerre) where he earned the coveted French Army paratrooper's badge. Colonel Lombard completed his career as Dean of the National War College in Washington, D.C. for five years. His military awards include three Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star for Valor, five Air medals, and the Department of Defense Superior Service and two Army Commendation medals.
After retiring from the military, Reg and his wife, Sally, converted their hobby of collecting rare maps and prints into a successful business. They traveled coast to coast exhibiting at major antique shows and Antiquarian book fairs for 18 years.
Reg was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sally Cronk Lombard; a son, Terry Lombard and wife Cheryl, a daughter, Kristen Lombard and husband Bill Barry; grandchildren, Jack Lombard and wife Sadie, Will Lombard and wife Caroline,
Shawn Warren, and Anna Lombard and husband Jason McGeachey; and two great-grandchildren, Quentin Lombard and Haisel McGeachey. He is also survived by his sister, Deborah Lombard Brett.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in his memory and sent to:
The Tate House Museum
1267 Westbrook St.
Portland, Maine 04102
Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr."
~~~~~~~
Below is Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr.'s posting about the Lombard Family's history created on "Ancestry.com" March 9, 2000 (http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=24&p=surnames.lombard):
"Like several other Lombards posting on the Lombard Surname Message Board, I descend from Thomas Lombard, who, in 1634 left Tenterton, Kent, England aboard the "Mary and John" and started a new life in Massachusetts, initially in Dorchester and moving in 1640 to Barnstable on Cape Cod.
Tracing the family backwards from England to mainland Europe is one of my future projects. According to information I was given by my father, the Lombards (so named for their Long Beards = longa barba, perhaps) appeared in Hungary in the Fifth Century, declaring war on the local natives and apparently driving them from their lands.
Later in the same century, in 568 A.D., led by their king, Albion, they crossed the Alps into northern Italy and established a powerful state, named Lombardy. They, in turn, were conquered by Charlemagne in 773 A.D., and then lived under the Holy Roman Empire several rulers until they received their independence in 1163. In the year 1395, the head of the family was created a Duke.
The ancient capital of Lombardy was Monza, just north of Milan, Italy. It is in Monza, in the Church of St. John the Baptist, that the ancient crown of the Lombards (known as "The Iron Crown of Lombardy") is preserved. The crown, richly encrusted with jewels and enamels, is constructed around a circlet of iron, reputedly a nail from Christ's cross.
I have not researched how the Italian theologian, Peter Lombard, became Bishop of Paris in 1159; nor how the wealth of the Lombards became the principal financial support of the crowns of France and England (hence Lombard Street in London).
It was interesting to learn that a branch of the Lombard family appeared in Ireland, vicinity of Waterford, presumably having been given land after the British King William III defeated the Irish defenders at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690."
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The last sentence, not shown above, in Mr. Lombard's posting was: "Can anyone help in filling in the gaps?"
Personally, I do not feel that the replies made in response actually "filled in the gaps" to Mr. Lombard's post which, from all I could determine, was the only one he made on "Ancestry.com."
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Obituary for Col. Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 22, 2011:
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"Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)"
"SCARBOROUGH -- Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), died peacefully in his sleep on March 18, 2011, in Scarborough.
He was born on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1927, at the State Street Hospital in Portland, the son of Dr. Reginald T. Lombard, and Dorothy Jewett Lombard.
Reg graduated from South Portland High School (Class of 1944). He then entered Bowdoin College (Class of 1948) at age 16. Following Bowdoin, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1950). At Bowdoin, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a past President of the Maine Antiquarian Bookseller's Association and a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Reg immensely enjoyed horseback riding and was the Maine State Grand Champion in horsemanship at the age of 12. He attended the Lipizzaner Riding School in Salzburg, Austria and the French Riding School in Paris. He rode until the age of 83 and loved it.
Reg was devoted to the performing arts, producing, directing, and acting in classic and musical theater. During his Bowdoin and West Point days, one could often find Reg playing the organ and pealing the bells in the chapels, and entertaining requests from up and down the Hudson River. In recent years, Reg played the piano for Piper Shores residents, friends and family.
While he took a break from his musical endeavors, Reg loved reading, world travel and was fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Colonel Lombard's military career spanned 34 years, including 12 overseas. He was a Combat Infantry Officer and a master paratrooper. He served in Korea, Vietnam (First Air Cavalry Div.), Thailand, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. In Cambodia, he supervised the successful American evacuation of Phnom Penh, two weeks before the fall of Saigon.
In Egypt, he was one of the founders of the Sinai Peace Keeping Force.
Career highlights include organizing the ninth Conference of the American Armies and graduating from the French Army War College (Ecole Superieure de Guerre) where he earned the coveted French Army paratrooper's badge. Colonel Lombard completed his career as Dean of the National War College in Washington, D.C. for five years. His military awards include three Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star for Valor, five Air medals, and the Department of Defense Superior Service and two Army Commendation medals.
After retiring from the military, Reg and his wife, Sally, converted their hobby of collecting rare maps and prints into a successful business. They traveled coast to coast exhibiting at major antique shows and Antiquarian book fairs for 18 years.
Reg was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sally Cronk Lombard; a son, Terry Lombard and wife Cheryl, a daughter, Kristen Lombard and husband Bill Barry; grandchildren, Jack Lombard and wife Sadie, Will Lombard and wife Caroline,
Shawn Warren, and Anna Lombard and husband Jason McGeachey; and two great-grandchildren, Quentin Lombard and Haisel McGeachey. He is also survived by his sister, Deborah Lombard Brett.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in his memory and sent to:
The Tate House Museum
1267 Westbrook St.
Portland, Maine 04102
Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr."
~~~~~~~
Below is Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr.'s posting about the Lombard Family's history created on "Ancestry.com" March 9, 2000 (http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=24&p=surnames.lombard):
"Like several other Lombards posting on the Lombard Surname Message Board, I descend from Thomas Lombard, who, in 1634 left Tenterton, Kent, England aboard the "Mary and John" and started a new life in Massachusetts, initially in Dorchester and moving in 1640 to Barnstable on Cape Cod.
Tracing the family backwards from England to mainland Europe is one of my future projects. According to information I was given by my father, the Lombards (so named for their Long Beards = longa barba, perhaps) appeared in Hungary in the Fifth Century, declaring war on the local natives and apparently driving them from their lands.
Later in the same century, in 568 A.D., led by their king, Albion, they crossed the Alps into northern Italy and established a powerful state, named Lombardy. They, in turn, were conquered by Charlemagne in 773 A.D., and then lived under the Holy Roman Empire several rulers until they received their independence in 1163. In the year 1395, the head of the family was created a Duke.
The ancient capital of Lombardy was Monza, just north of Milan, Italy. It is in Monza, in the Church of St. John the Baptist, that the ancient crown of the Lombards (known as "The Iron Crown of Lombardy") is preserved. The crown, richly encrusted with jewels and enamels, is constructed around a circlet of iron, reputedly a nail from Christ's cross.
I have not researched how the Italian theologian, Peter Lombard, became Bishop of Paris in 1159; nor how the wealth of the Lombards became the principal financial support of the crowns of France and England (hence Lombard Street in London).
It was interesting to learn that a branch of the Lombard family appeared in Ireland, vicinity of Waterford, presumably having been given land after the British King William III defeated the Irish defenders at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690."
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The last sentence, not shown above, in Mr. Lombard's posting was: "Can anyone help in filling in the gaps?"
Personally, I do not feel that the replies made in response actually "filled in the gaps" to Mr. Lombard's post which, from all I could determine, was the only one he made on "Ancestry.com."
Online source: http://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=reginald-thomas-lombard&pid=149551586
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Obituary for Col. Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 22, 2011:
~~~~~~~
"Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)"
"SCARBOROUGH -- Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), died peacefully in his sleep on March 18, 2011, in Scarborough.
He was born on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1927, at the State Street Hospital in Portland, the son of Dr. Reginald T. Lombard, and Dorothy Jewett Lombard.
Reg graduated from South Portland High School (Class of 1944). He then entered Bowdoin College (Class of 1948) at age 16. Following Bowdoin, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1950). At Bowdoin, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a past President of the Maine Antiquarian Bookseller's Association and a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Reg immensely enjoyed horseback riding and was the Maine State Grand Champion in horsemanship at the age of 12. He attended the Lipizzaner Riding School in Salzburg, Austria and the French Riding School in Paris. He rode until the age of 83 and loved it.
Reg was devoted to the performing arts, producing, directing, and acting in classic and musical theater. During his Bowdoin and West Point days, one could often find Reg playing the organ and pealing the bells in the chapels, and entertaining requests from up and down the Hudson River. In recent years, Reg played the piano for Piper Shores residents, friends and family.
While he took a break from his musical endeavors, Reg loved reading, world travel and was fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Colonel Lombard's military career spanned 34 years, including 12 overseas. He was a Combat Infantry Officer and a master paratrooper. He served in Korea, Vietnam (First Air Cavalry Div.), Thailand, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. In Cambodia, he supervised the successful American evacuation of Phnom Penh, two weeks before the fall of Saigon.
In Egypt, he was one of the founders of the Sinai Peace Keeping Force.
Career highlights include organizing the ninth Conference of the American Armies and graduating from the French Army War College (Ecole Superieure de Guerre) where he earned the coveted French Army paratrooper's badge. Colonel Lombard completed his career as Dean of the National War College in Washington, D.C. for five years. His military awards include three Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star for Valor, five Air medals, and the Department of Defense Superior Service and two Army Commendation medals.
After retiring from the military, Reg and his wife, Sally, converted their hobby of collecting rare maps and prints into a successful business. They traveled coast to coast exhibiting at major antique shows and Antiquarian book fairs for 18 years.
Reg was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sally Cronk Lombard; a son, Terry Lombard and wife Cheryl, a daughter, Kristen Lombard and husband Bill Barry; grandchildren, Jack Lombard and wife Sadie, Will Lombard and wife Caroline,
Shawn Warren, and Anna Lombard and husband Jason McGeachey; and two great-grandchildren, Quentin Lombard and Haisel McGeachey. He is also survived by his sister, Deborah Lombard Brett.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in his memory and sent to:
The Tate House Museum
1267 Westbrook St.
Portland, Maine 04102
Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr."
~~~~~~~
Below is Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr.'s posting about the Lombard Family's history created on "Ancestry.com" March 9, 2000 (http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=24&p=surnames.lombard):
"Like several other Lombards posting on the Lombard Surname Message Board, I descend from Thomas Lombard, who, in 1634 left Tenterton, Kent, England aboard the "Mary and John" and started a new life in Massachusetts, initially in Dorchester and moving in 1640 to Barnstable on Cape Cod.
Tracing the family backwards from England to mainland Europe is one of my future projects. According to information I was given by my father, the Lombards (so named for their Long Beards = longa barba, perhaps) appeared in Hungary in the Fifth Century, declaring war on the local natives and apparently driving them from their lands.
Later in the same century, in 568 A.D., led by their king, Albion, they crossed the Alps into northern Italy and established a powerful state, named Lombardy. They, in turn, were conquered by Charlemagne in 773 A.D., and then lived under the Holy Roman Empire several rulers until they received their independence in 1163. In the year 1395, the head of the family was created a Duke.
The ancient capital of Lombardy was Monza, just north of Milan, Italy. It is in Monza, in the Church of St. John the Baptist, that the ancient crown of the Lombards (known as "The Iron Crown of Lombardy") is preserved. The crown, richly encrusted with jewels and enamels, is constructed around a circlet of iron, reputedly a nail from Christ's cross.
I have not researched how the Italian theologian, Peter Lombard, became Bishop of Paris in 1159; nor how the wealth of the Lombards became the principal financial support of the crowns of France and England (hence Lombard Street in London).
It was interesting to learn that a branch of the Lombard family appeared in Ireland, vicinity of Waterford, presumably having been given land after the British King William III defeated the Irish defenders at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690."
~~~~~~~
The last sentence, not shown above, in Mr. Lombard's posting was: "Can anyone help in filling in the gaps?"
Personally, I do not feel that the replies made in response actually "filled in the gaps" to Mr. Lombard's post which, from all I could determine, was the only one he made on "Ancestry.com."
~~~~~~~
Obituary for Col. Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr. Published in Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram on March 22, 2011:
~~~~~~~
"Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)"
"SCARBOROUGH -- Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr., 83, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), died peacefully in his sleep on March 18, 2011, in Scarborough.
He was born on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 1927, at the State Street Hospital in Portland, the son of Dr. Reginald T. Lombard, and Dorothy Jewett Lombard.
Reg graduated from South Portland High School (Class of 1944). He then entered Bowdoin College (Class of 1948) at age 16. Following Bowdoin, he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1950). At Bowdoin, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a past President of the Maine Antiquarian Bookseller's Association and a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Reg immensely enjoyed horseback riding and was the Maine State Grand Champion in horsemanship at the age of 12. He attended the Lipizzaner Riding School in Salzburg, Austria and the French Riding School in Paris. He rode until the age of 83 and loved it.
Reg was devoted to the performing arts, producing, directing, and acting in classic and musical theater. During his Bowdoin and West Point days, one could often find Reg playing the organ and pealing the bells in the chapels, and entertaining requests from up and down the Hudson River. In recent years, Reg played the piano for Piper Shores residents, friends and family.
While he took a break from his musical endeavors, Reg loved reading, world travel and was fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Colonel Lombard's military career spanned 34 years, including 12 overseas. He was a Combat Infantry Officer and a master paratrooper. He served in Korea, Vietnam (First Air Cavalry Div.), Thailand, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria. In Cambodia, he supervised the successful American evacuation of Phnom Penh, two weeks before the fall of Saigon.
In Egypt, he was one of the founders of the Sinai Peace Keeping Force.
Career highlights include organizing the ninth Conference of the American Armies and graduating from the French Army War College (Ecole Superieure de Guerre) where he earned the coveted French Army paratrooper's badge. Colonel Lombard completed his career as Dean of the National War College in Washington, D.C. for five years. His military awards include three Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star for Valor, five Air medals, and the Department of Defense Superior Service and two Army Commendation medals.
After retiring from the military, Reg and his wife, Sally, converted their hobby of collecting rare maps and prints into a successful business. They traveled coast to coast exhibiting at major antique shows and Antiquarian book fairs for 18 years.
Reg was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sally Cronk Lombard; a son, Terry Lombard and wife Cheryl, a daughter, Kristen Lombard and husband Bill Barry; grandchildren, Jack Lombard and wife Sadie, Will Lombard and wife Caroline,
Shawn Warren, and Anna Lombard and husband Jason McGeachey; and two great-grandchildren, Quentin Lombard and Haisel McGeachey. He is also survived by his sister, Deborah Lombard Brett.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in his memory and sent to:
The Tate House Museum
1267 Westbrook St.
Portland, Maine 04102
Reginald Thomas Lombard Jr."
~~~~~~~
Below is Reginald Thomas Lombard, Jr.'s posting about the Lombard Family's history created on "Ancestry.com" March 9, 2000 (http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=tree&m=24&p=surnames.lombard):
"Like several other Lombards posting on the Lombard Surname Message Board, I descend from Thomas Lombard, who, in 1634 left Tenterton, Kent, England aboard the "Mary and John" and started a new life in Massachusetts, initially in Dorchester and moving in 1640 to Barnstable on Cape Cod.
Tracing the family backwards from England to mainland Europe is one of my future projects. According to information I was given by my father, the Lombards (so named for their Long Beards = longa barba, perhaps) appeared in Hungary in the Fifth Century, declaring war on the local natives and apparently driving them from their lands.
Later in the same century, in 568 A.D., led by their king, Albion, they crossed the Alps into northern Italy and established a powerful state, named Lombardy. They, in turn, were conquered by Charlemagne in 773 A.D., and then lived under the Holy Roman Empire several rulers until they received their independence in 1163. In the year 1395, the head of the family was created a Duke.
The ancient capital of Lombardy was Monza, just north of Milan, Italy. It is in Monza, in the Church of St. John the Baptist, that the ancient crown of the Lombards (known as "The Iron Crown of Lombardy") is preserved. The crown, richly encrusted with jewels and enamels, is constructed around a circlet of iron, reputedly a nail from Christ's cross.
I have not researched how the Italian theologian, Peter Lombard, became Bishop of Paris in 1159; nor how the wealth of the Lombards became the principal financial support of the crowns of France and England (hence Lombard Street in London).
It was interesting to learn that a branch of the Lombard family appeared in Ireland, vicinity of Waterford, presumably having been given land after the British King William III defeated the Irish defenders at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690."
~~~~~~~
The last sentence, not shown above, in Mr. Lombard's posting was: "Can anyone help in filling in the gaps?"
Personally, I do not feel that the replies made in response actually "filled in the gaps" to Mr. Lombard's post which, from all I could determine, was the only one he made on "Ancestry.com."
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