OBIT: George Leo LAMBERT, 2002, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  LAMBERT
  
  George Leo Lambert, 76, of Forks Township, Sullivan County, died
  Sept. 16, 2002 at home.  Born May 3, 1926, son of the late Leo and
  Margaret (Dempsey) Lambert.  Preceded in death by two brothers Robert
  A. and Francis Joseph Lambert.  Survived by his wife the former Mary
  A. (Musser) Lambert, children: Susan and Mark E. Drauschak,
  Pottstown; William and Jody Lambert, Forks Township; Ann and Scott
  Sick of Millville; James and Melanie Lambert, Forks Township;
  sister-in-law Catherine G. Lambert of Dushore, Pa.; grandchildren:
  Jessica, Francis, Daniel, Benjamin, and Thomas Lambert, Steven and
  Lisa Drauschak, Meredith and Bethany Lambert, Katie Sick and Hannah
  Sick.  Numerous nieces and nephews.  A 1944 graduate of St. Basil's
  High School, he succeeded to the ownership of the Lambert Century
  Farm in 1951.  He was a former Director of the Sullivan County
  Telephone Company and also a supervisor and secretary for Forks
  Township.  A longtime member of Eastern Milk Producer's Co-op, former
  president of the Sulbra Local of Eastern Milk Producers and a
  committee member of the A.S.C.S. for 12 years.  A member of the
  Bradford/Sullivan FHA Advisory Board and a member of the Sullivan
  County School Board Consolidation Committee for planning the new
  school in Laporte.  An active member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic
  Church, Overton and was president of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  Association.  Friends received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
  Wednesday at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St.,
  Dushore.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.
  Thursday at St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, with the Rev. Michael
  B. Harris, presiding.  Interment in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.  The
  family will provide the flowers and memorials are directed to 4-H or
  Agricultural Scholarship Fund, c/o Jody Lambert, R.R. 4 Box 4135,
  Dushore, Pa. 18614 or Memorial Hospice, One Hospital Drive, Towanda,
  Pa. 18848.
  
  Daily American, September 18, 2002
  
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