Pat Lamb

Pat Lamb was born in Verona, Missouri, during the Great Depression in 1936. She grew up there hearing about World War II during her childhood. She graduated from Verona High School and worked her way through Missouri University starting with a small scholarship to the school. In her senior year, she was chosen as one of two outstanding women students to receive the Sarah Gentry Elston scholarship. She received a degree in Vocational Home Economics with a minor in science.

Upon graduation, she went west to Sanders, AZ., for her first teaching job. She had felt that she was to work with American Indians. The school was located at the edge of the Navajo reservation. It was there that she miraculously met her husband, Keith. Together they continued to work with Native Americans including their work at Lukachukai, AZ, in the four corners area. They worked at several places including Flandreau, S.D., Browning, MT., Ramah, NM., Albuquerque, NM, Lee's Summit, MO, and Denver, CO. They moved to Lampe, MO, where they operated a B&B while Keith taught HS math and Pat taught GED classes. They retired to a lakeside home in Reeds Spring, MO. Mr.Lamb passed away in 2015. They raised four children.

Pat was encouraged to write by her second son David. After giving a children's sermon at a small country church, she was asked where she got her material. The gentleman said he had looked for something to help him but could not find anything. Pat decided to write her first book of children's sermons. The second book followed the same format. Her third book told about adventures working with Native Americans. She currently writes weekly and monthly columns for newspapers about raising children.