Mary Pitcher Lamb

SHARON — Mary (Pitcher) Lamb, 84, passed away on Nov. 5, 2023, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury. She was born in Canaan, on Dec. 10, 1938, daughter of William Pitcher and Margaret (Humeston) Pitcher. She lived her entire life in Sharon.

Mary was a graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, and the Krissler Business Institute in Poughkeepsie.

She was predeceased by her best friend and loving husband of 52 years, Peter Lamb, and also her wonderful sister, JoAnne Danforth and her husband James Danforth of Dalton, Massachusetts.

Mary’s greatest joys, accomplishments and rewards in life were her family. She is survived by four sons, Donald Lamb Sr. and his wife, Rachel, of Salisbury, Michael and his wife, Frances, of Raymond New Hampshire, Robert and his wife, Kathleen, of Clayton, North Carolina, and Joseph and his wife, Christine, of Salisbury. She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Donald Lamb Jr. and his wife, Erin, of Dunlap, Tennessee, Jocelyn Chaplin and her husband, Arthur, of Uncasville, David Lamb and his wife, Kendra, of Walpole, Massachusetts, Carrie Monks and her husband, Matthew, of Winchester, Massachusetts, Morgan Lamb of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Jacob Lamb of West Hartford, Shayla Lamb and Brogan Lamb, of Clayton, North Carolina. She also leaves ten great grandchildren: Aiden Maurin, Gabriel Lamb, quadruplets Maryann, Nathaniel, Isaiah and Isabella Lamb, Phoebe, Jonah and Rhys Lamb, and Cameron Monks.

Mary’s sister-in-law, Karen, and husband, Stephen Blass, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and brother-in-law, John Lamb, of Sharon, and sister-in-law, Suzanne Lamb of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, also survive her. She was predeceased by her sister-in-law, Mary Elizabeth Ameen and her husband, Richard, and her brother-in-law, Arthur Lamb.

Calling hours will be Thursday, Nov. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kenny Funeral Home, 41 Main St, Sharon, CT. Funeral services are Friday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Kateri Parish (St. Bernard’s), 52 New Street, Rt 361, Sharon, CT. Burial immediately following in Hillside Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to United Cerebral Palsy @https://ucp.org/, Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Litchfield County (SVNA), 30A Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury, CT 06068,or Sharon Fire Department, Inc. Ambulance Squad, PO Box 357, Sharon, CT 06069.

As was typical of Mary, she requested that family and friends do an act of kindness for a stranger.