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James Floyd Lambert Jr
Dec 16,1934 - Sep 18, 2006
Submitted by Glenn
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Enid News & Eagle
September 2006
Burial will be
in Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, Okarche, with
full military honors conducted by the Army.
Arrangements are by Hills – Ely funeral home,
Medford. Viewing and visitation will be 11 AM
Friday at the church.
He was born December 16, 1934, in Henryetta to
James Floyd and Margaret Mary Kirschtein Lambert
and died Monday, September 18, 2006, at
Kingfisher Regional Hospital.
He attended schools in Kieffer and Sapulpa,
graduating from Tishomingo high school in 1953,
where he was named to the Oklahoma All State
Band and was an alternate on Oklahoma All State
football team. He graduated from the University
of Oklahoma in Norman in 1960 with a bachelor of
science degree in geology and also obtained a
teaching certification.
He married Sharyn Kaye Roberts August 15, 1957.
She died January 29, 2003. He married Dee Ann
Eli Kraus May 29, 2004, in Kingfisher.
He served in the Oklahoma Army National Guard
six years, with six months on active duty. He
completed a 27 – year public school teaching
career in 1988, teaching junior high and high
school science, biology, physics, chemistry and
German. He taught in Elmer, Madera, California,
Nelagony, Shidler and Okarche, and twice was
named Teacher of the Year. In 2001 he was named
Tishomingo Hall of Fame football and basketball
player of the decade of the 1950s.
He was a member of Saints Peter and Paul
Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Retired
Teachers Association and several professional
educator associations. He also was a volunteer
saxophone tutor.
Surviving are his wife, Dee Ann of the home; a
daughter, Bonnye Mueggenborg of Okarche; a son,
James Worth Lambert of Kingfisher; three
stepsons, Will Kraus of the home, Ryan J.
Mcllvain of Wichita, Kansas, and Andrew Mcllvain
of Iowa City, Iowa; a brother, Paul Lambert of
Oklahoma City; six grandchildren; and one step
grandchild.
In addition to his first wife, Sharyn, he was
preceded in death by an infant daughter and one
brother.