Thomas Frank Lamb
Born: April 8, 1902 in Mankato, Jewell Co., Kansas
Died: October 9, 1991 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Buried: Lot 32
Married: Ruby Gerhart
Children: Beverly Kohne, Mary Jane Pike, Colleen Payne, Gerald Kirkman and Gary Kirkman.
Parents:
Obituary: Thomas F. Lamb
Thomas F. Lamb, 89, of 3700 E. 31st St. died of a heart ailment Wednesday at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Lamb was born in Mankato, Kan., and lived in Des Moines most of his life, retiring as a laborer for the J.C. White Co. He was a member of the Teamsters union.
Surviving are three daughters, Beverly Kohne of Columbia City, Ind., and Mary Jane Pike and Colleen Payne, both of Des Moines; two sons, Gerald Kirkman and Gary Kirkman, and a sister, Elise Cram, all of Des Moines; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Hamilton's Funeral Home.
Ruby (Gerhart) Lamb
Born: July 16, 1918 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: July 21, 1987 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 32
Married: Thomas Frank Lamb
Children: Beverly Kohne, Mary Jane Pike, Colleen Payne, Gerald Kirkman and Gary Kirkman.
Parents: William C. and Fern C. (Holdefer) Gerhart
Resident's Sister Died
Ruby Lamb, 69, of Des Moines died of cancer Tuesday, July 21, at Broadlawns Medical Center. A graveside service was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Metz.
Mrs. Lamb was born in Colfax and lived in Des Moines most of her life. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas Frank; a daughter, Beverly Kohne of Columbia City, Ind.; two sons, Gerald L. Kirkman and Gary Lee Kirkman, both of Des Moines; a brother, Charles Gerhart of California, 6 sisters, Frances Gerhart and Mary Griggs, both of Newton, Gladys Reynolds, Washington state, Betty Craft of Shellsburg, Stella Jones of Canoga Park, Calif., and Phyllis Thompson of Baxter; two stepdaughters, Mary Jane Pike and Colleen Payne, both of Des Moines; and two grandchildren. ~ Newton Daily News, July 1987