Kern County Obituaries

Walter Alan Lamb Jr.

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Walter Alan Lamb Jr., age 73, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2001 at Antelope Valley 
Hospital, Lancaster, CA. He had been failing in health during the last couple of years, being in and 
out of the hospital on several occasions.
Walter Alan Lamb Jr. is the oldest of four children, his parents are Walter Allen Lamb Sr. and 
Wilma (Kessinger) Lamb. He was born June 6, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky; To this marriage 
were born eight children. Walter moved to California in 1965 and later brought his family to California 
in 1966. Walter has been a resident of Boron, CA for the last 16 years.
Walter served in the U.S. Army from October 5, 1946 until March 15, 1948, enlisting at Fort Knox, 
Kentucky. He was a truck driver, generally hauling supplies and artillery while serving in South Korea. 
He was honorably discharged and obtained the rank of Private First Class. He took up the upholstery 
business, following in his father's footsteps. He later owned his own business before he retired.
He is preceded in death by two sons, Walter Alan Lamb III, who died in infancy, Thomas Edward 
Lamb Sr., and one daughter, Ramona Lamb who died in infancy; one brother Ronald Lee Lamb, who 
died in infancy and one sister Norma Louise (Lamb) Markwell.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Ellen (Witt) Lamb of 55 years; one son, Joseph Patrick Lamb 
Sr.; three daughters, Elizabeth Ann (Lamb) Manuel of Waco, TX; Alberta Louise (Lamb) Mortensen 
of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, and Marie Ellen Lamb of Fort Walton Beach, FL; sister 
Patricia Ann (Lamb) Fife of Louisville, KY; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Lourdes on Tuesday, November 20 at 11 a.m. Burial took 
place at California City Memorial Park n California City, CA.
Arrangements by Stickel Mortuary

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