Melba "Toasty" Ambridge Melba "Toasty" Ambridge CARLSBAD -- Melba "Toasty" Ambridge passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, July 5, 2009, after a long illness, with her family at her side. Melba was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on Sept. 26, 1925. Toasty leaves behind her husband of 64 years, Alfred E. Ambridge; and her five children, Sherry McCleary Fitch, Laurie Dawn Downen, Roni LaRue Lanphear, Scott Bradley Ambridge, and Forest Blake Ambridge; 20 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, whom she knew and loved, She is predeceased by granddaughter, Kellie Lynn McCleary. Services will be held on Monday, July 13th, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Chapel, located at 1975 Chestnut Ave., Carlsbad, Ca. Viewing will begin at 10a.m., services at 11a.m. Interment to be in Windsor, Calif. Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com ## If you'd like to leave condolences or a memory on Mrs. Ambridge's legacy page, the address is: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nctimes/obituary.aspx?n=melba-ambridge-toasty&pid=129549595.