James Douglas Lambert

1938 - 2006

LAMBERT James Douglas James Douglas Lambert, a local contractor, died Thursday, June 15th, 2006, at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was born on September 21, 1938, in Bowling Green, Ohio, to Kermit W. and Donna M. (Singer) Lambert. On March 3, 1955, he married Barbara J. Fruchey and she died on October 13, 1994. On June 29, 2002, he married Donna Spangler and she survives him. James was born and raised in Bowling Green and spent several years in Waterville, he later moved to Tontogany, Ohio. He was the first certified technician to do work with radio active isotopes in North West Ohio, and worked for many years at the Maumee Valley Hospital and was there when it became the Medical College of Ohio Hospital. He later founded Abar Construction and ran the company for 36 years, retiring in 2004. Mr. Lambert loved camping, fishing on his boat, playing softball, and working with his plants and trees. He is survived by his wife, Donna; his sons, James S. (Cheryl) Lambert of Monclova, Jeffrey P. (Suzan) Lambert of Bowling Green and Steven R. (Michele) of Grand Rapids; his step sons, Scott (Heike) Killian of Perrysburg and Stuart (Wendy) Killian of Springfield, OH; 16 grandchildren; 4 great-grand-children; sisters, Barbara (Jim) Maas of Custar, OH, Susan (Steve) Vargo of Bowling Green, Kathy Jane Lambert of Bowling Green, and his brother, Michael (Linda) Lambert of Cygnet. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife and a brother, Danny. Friends and family may call Sunday, June 18, 2006 from 2:00 - 9:00 p.m., Monday June 19 from 2:00 to 9:00 pm. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday June 20, at Peinert Funeral Home, 7220 Dutch Rd., Waterville, OH., with Reverend Rick Hoff officiating. Burial will follow at the Highland Memory Gardens in Waterville. Memorial contributions can be given to the ARC of Wood County. Arrangements by the Peinert Funeral Home, Waterville, Ohio