John Lambotte (42) Passes Away

John Henry Lambotte, age 89, of Salina, Kansas, died Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina.     He was born on December 29, 1923, in Rossville, Kansas, the son of Henry Louis and Loretta Mae (Lambott) Lambotte.     Mr. Lambotte was raised in Rossville, Ks where he attended grade & high schools, graduating from Rossville High School in 1942. He attended Clark Business school in Topeka, KS and worked for Santa Fe Railroad for 3 years before beginning in the ministry.     Mr. Lambotte yielded his life to God in his early youth and was faithful to this choice his whole lifetime upholding the teachings of Jesus Christ.     Mr. Lambotte was a Minister of the Gospel and had lived in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Utah, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas & Nebraska.     He is survived by three nieces: Glenice Schraw, and her husband Dean (deceased), Mary Headrick, and her husband Kermit, Wanda Headrick and her husband Gary, nephew: Dale May, and his wife Shari, Wilma May (wife of George, deceased) many great nephews, nieces and friends also survive.     Mr. Lambotte was preceded in death by his parents, and by two sisters: Mabel Luvina May and Velma Celeste Lambotte and one nephew, George May.     The family of Mr. Lambotte will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 19, 2013, until service time at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel 1616 Pountz Ave. Manhattan, KS. Interment will follow in the Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan