Obituary: Ambrose E. Mecklenburg

Ambrose E. Mecklenburg, 20, a diesel mechanic, died July 27, 2016, south of Malta.

The family will receive friends Monday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m., at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left http://www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com.

Ambrose was born Aug ,. 9, 1995, in Havre, the son of Gordy and Mimi (Bateman) Mecklenburg. He was raised and educated in Malta and graduated from Malta High School in 2014. He worked with his dad in the horse-shoeing business for a while before attending Wyotech for Diesel Mechanics in Laramie, Wyoming. He graduated with his certificate as a diesel mechanic in 2015 and started working at Motor Power & Equipment in Billings.

Ambrose enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding his horse and was a talented artist. He was very good with electronics and computers.

`He is survived by his parents, Gordy and Mimi Mecklenburg of Wagner; sister, Leila Mae Mecklenburg of Wagner; half sister, Jamie Dupus of Washington; uncle, Mickey Mecklenburg of Wagner; aunts, Jodee Koss of Wagner, Leta Knauss of Michigan, Joyce Bateman of Kalispell and Linda Loving of Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Ken and Wilma Mecklenburg; maternal grandparents, Miles and Lois Bateman.