David Robert Lambert

In or about 1951, the Walker and Lambert families lived across the street from each other on Forest Drive in a new housing development called Timber Village in Wethersfield, Conn. I say Conn. rather than CT because zipcodes and 2-letter state abbreviations had not been invented yet. We lived in Wethersfield, 9, Conn, not Wethersfield, CT 06109. Cousins of the Lamberts, the Nortons, lived a few blocks away at 21 Onlook Road. Several years later in the mid-50’s, the Lamberts moved to 90 Crest Street in the same neighborhood around the time Dave Lambert’s brother Dick was born. Soon thereafter, the Walkers moved to Bloomfield, Conn. At that time the eastern portion of Crest Street was not developed. In the late 1950’s, new houses were being built on that end of the street; 90 Crest was renamed 290 Crest and the Lamberts moved to a new house at 69 Crest Street at the eastern end of the same street.

The families remained close friends throughout the years playing bridge together on a monthly basis. Both Charles Lambert and David’s father Alan were boy scout leaders in their respective towns and the two troops would share a campsite at Lake of Isles Scout Reservation during the summer. For vacation, the two families would share a cabin in the Family Area across the lake. During the summer of 1965 between high school and college, Dave Lambert served as Assistant Waterfront Director at the scout camp and later became the president of the Northeastern University Underwater Society. Before Dave Walker’s illness set in, the two Dave’s would go scuba diving and sailing in the summer at Cape Cod and skiing in the winter at Killington, Vermont. One year in the 1970’s between Christmas and New Years, Dave Lambert was invited to vacation with the Walkers at their home in Great Exuma, Bahamas. Both Dave’s birthdays fell during that time and Ginny Walker baked a banana bread cake for the occasion.

Needless to say, many fond memories are shared by the Lambert and the Walker families.

In Memory of David B. Walker
December 27, 1950 – June 25, 2013