Sammie Lee Lamb was born on May 22, 1933 in Dothan, Ala., and passed away on Jan. 20, 2017 after a brief stay at the Delaware Hospice Center where he was surrounded by his family.Sam graduated from Rehobeth High School in Dothan, Ala., in May 1953 and was drafted into the Army that same year. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. He achieved the rank of staff sergeant in the Signal Corp., Satellite Communications Division. While on tour in Germany he met and married his wife, Margarete, of 43 years. During his 20-year military career he also had tours in Taiwan, Hawaii and South Korea. Upon retirement from the Army he worked for 18 years at DelDOT as a traffic signal repairman. He held memberships with the Camden-Wyoming Moose Lodge 203, American Legion Walter L. Fox Post 2, the Camden VFW Post 3238, the & the Modern Maturity Center. Since 2013 he was a resident at Heritage of Dover, where he loved to do crafts and engage in activities with the students at St. Johns Lutheran School. He was very outgoing, prone to laughter and was much loved by everyone.He is preceded in death by his wife, Margarete M. "Kartner", daughter Sharon Lee Lamb, parents Tellie Morris and Lula Bell "Lee" Lamb, siblings Mary Bell Childree, Kate Bagwell, Nettie Lou Bagwell and Frank E. Lamb. He is survived by daughters Renee M. Butler (Thomas J. Butler) of Minneapolis, Minn., Michelle L. O'Grady (John F. O'Grady Jr.) of Smyrna and Shirley A. Lee (Ben Lee) of Dover; granddaughters; Shannon M. "Butler" Mogenson (Lucas Mogenson) of Alexandria, Minn., Samantha A. Butler of Minneapolis, Minn. and Savannah V. Lee of Cambridge, Mass., fiancé Charlotte Battin of Dover, brother James E. Lamb of Enterprise, Ala., two sister-in-laws, numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Trader Funeral Home, 12 Lotus Street, Dover. Viewing was between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. with service at 11:30 a.m. Burial followed at Sharon Hill Cemetery, 2928 Sharon Hill Road, Dover. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the , P.O. Box 124, Camden, DE 19934. Letters of condolence may be sent to www.traderfh.com