Joseph E. Lambert

LAMBERT, JOSEPH E., 83, of Coventry died peacefully on Monday, June 23, 2008. He was the husband of Barbara Ruth (Burrows) Lambert. They were married for 52 years.

He was born in Providence, a son of the late Elphege and Catherine (Bulduc) Lambert. He has lived in Coventry since 1967 and previously resided in Johnston.

Mr. Lambert was a veteran of World War II, ETO (European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign) and the Korean War. He was a retired Sergeant Major with the USAR, 76th Division, 4th Brigade, 3rd Battalion. From 1947 to 1962, he served on the Johnston Police Department. He was a volunteer firefighter at Johnston Hose 3. He was a past commander of the VFW Post 5388 and 2686 in Johnston. He belonged to the TREA Chapter 79, Newport, RI. He was active in Boy Scout Troops 71 & 77 including the Scout exchange with Coventry, England. He was the past president of the Quidnick Grammar School PTA in Coventry.

He was employed by Brinks as a dispatcher from 1952 to 1978. He was a member of the Teamsters 251 Union. He worked as a van driver for the Coventry Senior Center until retiring in 2000. He was a communicant of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Coventry.

Besides his wife, he leaves four children; Lori Lambert; John Lambert and his wife, Roberta and their children Bradley and Courtney; Lynelle Harris and her husband David and their children, Victoria, Noah, Erin, and Allison all of Coventry, and Joseph Lambert and his wife, Tammy and their child Madison of North Kingstown and one great-grandson and a sister, Theresa Scorpio of Holland, PA. He was the brother of the late William and Donald Lambert, Mary Ingham, and Flora Esten.

Funeral on Thursday at 9 a.m. from the Winfield & Sons Funeral Home, 571 West Greenville Road, (Rt. 116) North Scituate with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry. Burial with military honors in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter. Visiting hours are Thursday morning 8-9 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent to either the 32 Degree Masonic Learning Center- Providence Center, One Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI 02905 or to the Home & hospice Care of RI-South Office, 143 Main Street, Wakefield, RI 02879.