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Submitted: 9/17/23 • Approved: 9/17/23 • Last Updated: 9/20/23 • R1501759-G1501759-S3
Louis
US Army Medical Corps
November 19, 1920 - November 27, 2017
Dr. Louis Oscar Lambiotte died Nov. 27, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
He was born in Fort Smith on Nov. 19, 1920, the only child of Jocha Brammer and Oscar R.J. Lambiotte.
After graduating from Fort Smith Senior High School in 1938, he attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in 1942 and was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa (honor society). He entered Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1942, was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 1944 and graduated cum laude in 1945.
During his year’s internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, he met Cornelia (Connie) J. Gallentine and May 8, 1947, they married. Prior to their marriage, he was activated into the U.S. Army Medical Corps, serving from 1946-48 at North Little Rock Veterans Hospital. In 1948, Connie and Lou moved to Salt Lake City where he undertook an internal medicine residency at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, under Professor M.M. Wintrobe.
Upon completion of his residency, he returned to Fort Smith, joined Holt-Krock Clinic (a multi-specialty physician group) and practiced in the internal medicine department from July 15, 1951, until his retirement Dec. 31, 1987. Lou loved medicine. Through years of practice, he developed the intuition of a great healer. He recognized the importance of the patient’s story and understood that medicine was not only a science, but an art.
Dr. Lambiotte was a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a staff physician at Sparks Regional Medical Center and St. Edwards Mercy Hospital, a member of the Sebastian County Medical Society and American Medical Association and president of the Arkansas Internal Medicine Society. As a devoted member of First Presbyterian Church, he was a deacon and served multiple terms as an elder. He taught Sunday school for junior and senior high students in the 1950s and for adults for 28 years after leaving his medical practice. During his retirement, he was a member of the Friends of the Library board for three years, drove for Meals on Wheels and served multiple years as a board member of the Sparks Foundation. He also enjoyed traveling in the United States and Europe to pursue his love for history, theater and music.
He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Connie; his daughter, Joellen Lambiotte and husband Phil Karber of Cambridge, Mass.; his son, Louis Lambiotte and wife Susan McConnell of Corpus Christi; his grandson, Samuel Lambiotte of New York City; two stepgrandchildren, Maggie Yelverton (Brooks) and Wes Karber (Bethany) of Fort Smith and Little Rock, respectively; and four great-granddaughters (Parker, Suzi, Lila and Mabyn).
He was preceded in death by his sister-in-law, Helen Gallentine.
Cornelia
May 4, 1925 - December 8, 2021
Cornelia (Connie) J. Lambiotte, R.N., formerly of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died December 8, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born on May 4, 1925 in Wendell, Idaho, to Laura Ellen Campbell and Julian Seymour Gallentine. After graduation from Washington University School of Nursing in St. Louis, she practiced nursing at Barnes Hospital. It was at Barnes that she met the love of her life and best friend, Louis (Lou) O. Lambiotte, whom she married on May 8, 1947.
Cornelia (Connie) J. Lambiotte, R.N., formerly of Fort Smith, Arkansas, died December 8, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She was born on May 4, 1925 in Wendell, Idaho, to Laura Ellen Campbell and Julian Seymour Gallentine.
After graduation from Washington University School of Nursing in St. Louis, she practiced nursing at Barnes Hospital. It was at Barnes that she met the love of her life and best friend, Louis (Lou) O. Lambiotte, whom she married on May 8, 1947.
In 1948, Connie and Lou relocated to Salt Lake City where Connie provided nursing care in various capacities for five years, while Lou completed his residency in internal medicine. In 1951, they moved to Lou's home town, Fort Smith, where he joined the Holt-Krock Clinic. Connie became integral to Lou's successful internal medicine practice by understanding the long hours and demands on a physician, managing a household with two children and organizing a robust social life.
She felt strongly about engaging with the community and was a board member of the Interfaith Center, drove for Meals on Wheels and was active in the First Presbyterian Church for over 65 years. As a longtime supporter of the Sparks Foundation and member of the Sparks Medical Center Guild, she volunteered at Spark's Gift Shop as an assistant buyer and sales person. From time to time she was called upon to mentor college students working in the shop whom she encouraged to follow their dreams. Connie enjoyed traveling in the United States and Europe. She was especially fond of theater and music, and for that reason, New York City was one of her favorite places. Back home in Fort Smith, she loved her regular golf games with three of her close women friends— Becky Chancey, Spring Lockwood, and Edyce Shermer. She was also a regular at the Snappy Sociable Sewing Sister Society – a monthly gathering of neighbors and friends.
She is survived by her daughter, Joellen Lambiotte and husband Phil Karber of Fayetteville; her son, Louis Lambiotte and wife Susan McConnell of Corpus Christi; her grandson, Samuel Lambiotte of New York City; two stepgrandchildren, Maggie Yelverton (Brooks) and Wes Karber (Bethany) of Fort Smith and Little Rock, respectively; and four great-granddaughters (Parker, Suzi, Lila and Mabyn).
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Louis, and her sister, Helen Gallentine.
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