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September 5, 2025
Maj. Jacqueline E. Lambert
Seacoast Composite Squadron
New Hampshire Wing
Jacqueline, known to all as Jackie, has died after a brief fight with cancer.
She is survived by her eldest daughter, Theresa Jaqueline Bradley and her husband Robert, and her younger daughter, Diane Theresa Lambert, who resided with her and cared for her selflessly, until her passing.
She is predeceased by her 3 brothers, Martin Laferte, Robert Laferte and Norman Laferte.
Born in Rochester, NH, to Hector & Sylvia (Hamel) Laferte, Jacqueline grew up in the French Catholic community of Gonic.
She was a fluent French speaker with her family's roots in Quebec, Canada. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and St Leo's Parishes. She was a graduate of St. Leo's School & Spaulding High School. She received a 2-year certificate for bank officers at Maine/NH School of Savings Banking. She received a 2-year program certificate for Paralegals at the University of New Hampshire.
She met and married former Marine & Coast Guardsman, Norbert Lambert. They lived briefly in Cape Cod when Norbert was Stationed with the Coast Guard at Chatham Lighthouse. They then settled in Rochester and then finally Barrington and raised their 2 daughters together until his death in 1993.
Before it was common, she was a modern woman who did it all: she worked full time, raised her daughters, kept house & husband and earned her Banking & Paralegal degrees while doing so.
Her working life included working at various Law firms in Rochester & Dover.
She was Assistant Vice President for Southeast Bank for Savings, where she served as Manage of 2 branches, as well as serving as National Expert of Safe Deposit Boxes and IRA Accounts.
She most recently worked as a Paralegal in probate matters for Cocheco Elder Law in Dover, at which she worked full time into her 80's.
She was an avid reader, loved kitties and enjoyed time with her family. In her youth she competed in the National Spelling Bee Championships in Washington DC. She was a Major in the NH Civil Air Patrol. She was a past chairperson of Holy Rosary Church Parish Council.
She had a fun loving, adventurous spirit and if she could physically do it, she'd give it a try! She travelled to New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Switzerland & especially enjoyed a tented safari in Tanzania & Kenya.
She truly lived a full life - and we will miss her sweet spirit and her beautiful smile.