Jeanine Fay Lambrecht

Jeanine F. Lambrecht, 83, formerly a longtime resident of Benton Harbor and now of St. Joseph died Monday, August 22, at the Lakeland Spectrum Medical Center in St. Joseph. Services celebrating her life will be held at 1 PM on Friday, August 26, at the Fairplain Chapel of Florin Funeral Service. The visitation will be held from Noon to 1 PM on Friday at the Fairplain Chapel. Burial will follow at the North Shore Memory Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Benton Harbor Salvation Army. Please share memories or messages at www.florin.net. Jeanine was born on January 26, 1939 to Major and Fay Hyslop. She was a descendant of Major Louis Pearl who was an early settler of Benton Township. Jeanine was a graduate of Benton Harbor High School in1957. She was ordained and commissioned at the Salvation Army School for Officers in 1959. Jeanine was a fourth generation member of the Salvation Army. Over the years she had different jobs at the Salvation Army which included being the Social Worker for the Salvation Army and shelter, the adult Sunday School teacher for over 30 years, playing the trombone and baritone in the band, and providing assistance whenever she could. Her rank became Sgt Major. Jeanine married her husband, Gaylord Lambrecht, in 1961, and he preceded her in death in 2017. Together they celebrated 56 years of marriage. She had jobs including the Benton Harbor High library and several of the area Book Store before she became a librarian for the Benton Harbor Public Library. Jeanine was employed by the Library for 18 years where she was in charge of the Bookmobile, the adult section, the Director of the Adult Outreach Programs and decorating the Library among her jobs as a librarian. Her greatest joys were reading mysteries and fantasies and teaching the Scriptures in an out-of-the-box way. Her family includes her children, Joseph (Sandra) Lambrecht of Coloma, Peggy (Jim) Spalo of Baldwin, and Josephine Mitchem of Seven Springs, NC; her grandchildren, Sarah (David) Ripple, Tracy Mann, Dustin Lambrecht, Shawn (Nikki) Lambrecht, and Nathan Lambrecht; her 5 great grandchildren; her 5 great great grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Sue Hyslop; her nieces and nephew, Jennifer (Tray) Conway, Jamie (Keith) Schaecher and Bradley (Rosie) Hyslop; and her great niece and nephew.

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Jeanine Fay Lambrecht

January 26, 1939 - August 22, 2022