Bobbi Lambert

Cherokee, Bobbi Lynn Lambert, age 59, passed away at her home in Cherokee on Sunday, February 22, 2009 after valiantly fighting a battle with breast cancer. Bobbi was born in Sandusky, Ohio, the daughter of Donna Munson Livengood and the late Gale Livengood. She grew up in several areas of Illinois where she earned her Bachelors of Education Degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She moved to North Carolina in 1983 where she met and married her husband of 25 years. She loved her life in North Carolina and became involved in the Cherokee community starting a store in which she sold Indian-made items along with other objects of art. Working with young people became an important part of Bobbi's life and the Boy Scouts filled the bill. She and her husband were the owners of a child daycare center named the KidZone, which was another business she built from the ground up to surround children with creative play places. Bobbi had a heart that could fit everyone in it. She will forever be in our hearts. We love you Bobbi. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her loving husband, Hugh Lambert; her daughter, Kim Kompathoum and husband, Sonexay; two beautiful grandchildren, Ethan and Kira Kompathoum; two sisters, Jill Taylor and husband, Chip, and Sarah O'Connor and husband, Paul; three brothers, Gregg Livengood and wife, Susan, Chris Livengood and wife, Toni, and Matthew Livengood and wife, Alayne; brother-in-laws, Sam, Lloyd, David, and Stephen Lambert; and sister-in-law, Susan Alvey. A memorial service will be held at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Cherokee Youth Center in Cherokee, NC. Additional information is available at www.bobbilambert.com In lieu of flowers, donations in Bobbi's memory may be made to the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority for the purpose of purchasing a digital mammography machine to replace the non-digital one the hospital now uses. Send to the attention of Francis "Peaches" Panther, CIHA, 188 Hospital Road, Cherokee, NC 28719.

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