Henry McClelland ""Harry"" Lamberton III
Marriages
Joanna "Johnnie"
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A - April 20, 2011
Henry McClelland Lamberton
III, age 87, died Thursday, April
14, 2011, in Durango, CO. Services
will be held at Woodlawn
Cemetery in Winona, MN, on
Saturday, July 30, 2011.
Mr. Lamberton "Harry" was
born July 16, 1923, in Winona,
MN, the son of Henry and Gretchen Lamberton. Harry grew up in
Winona and graduated from Lawrenceville Preparatory School in
New Jersey. He attended Princeton University in 1941, but left in
1943 to join the US Marine Corps during WWII. He served as a drill
instructor until he was assigned to the light cruiser U.S.S. Vincennes,
where he saw continuous action with the Pacific fleet. He
served as an antiaircraft gunnery control officer, attaining the rank
of First Lieutenant, and received a Bronze Star for his leadership
during several carrier strikes on the Japanese fleet in the Inland sea
of Japan in March, 1945.
He returned to Princeton after the war and graduated with a BS in
Geology. He worked as a petroleum geologist in Wyoming for several
years and left that field to manage and run his family's 500 acre
row- crops and beef cattle farm in Peru, Ind. Harry loved working
the land, both as a geologist and as a farmer.
He and his beloved wife Joanna "Johnnie" left Indiana in 1968 and
moved to Long Boat Key, FL, where Harry rehabilitated and ran a
boat marina for several years. He and Johnnie were very involved in
the Episcopal Church and the Art Guild in Long Boat Key. Harry
had an inquisitive and adventurous spirit, and was always successfully
tackling new projects. They moved to Red Lodge, MT, in the
1980s and spent a lot of time in a remote cabin Harry built outside
Powell, WY. They relocated to Grand Junction, CO, in the
mid-1990s, where Harry could always be found with a shovel in his
hand, landscaping, gardening and enjoying the sunshine. He loved
the outdoors, and was a voracious reader. He was an honorable man
of immense integrity, a strong guardian and protector of his family
and friends. He moved to Durango, CO, after the death of his wife to
be near his daughter, Liz.
He is survived by Liz and Bill Anderson (daughter and son-in-law)
of Bayfield, CO; grandchildren, Jimmy Anderson, Lauren Melrose,
Cole Dunlavey, Adam Dunlavey and Wilson Dunlavey, William I.
Anderson and Jennifer Phegley; great grandchildren, Autumn Melrose,
soon to be born Kahlan Melrose, Sara Anderson-Phegley and
Jude Phegley.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Johnnie; his daughters, Dare
Dunlavey and Sara Anderson, and two infant children.
