Edith was born December 24 1902 to parents John Eckard and Vertie Eckard. She grew up near the Hamburg community with three siblings. At one point her father ran one of the community's stores.
Family photograph of Ches Lambert, seated, with his wife, Evelyn (Eckard) Lambert beside him and their oldest son, Jerry Franklin, on her lap. Another son, Wayne A. “Butch” Lambert, and a daughter, Bonnie Jo Lambert, were born after this photograph…
Family portrait of (l to r): Jerry Franklin Lambert, his father, William Chesley Lambert, Wayne "Butch" Lambert, and Evelyn Pauline (Eckard) Lambert on the right.