Marie Campbell (died 2018)
| Marie Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915-10-30 Clan William, Manitoba |
| Died | 2018-02-24 Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Occupation | retail clerk |
| Employer | Mathie Farms |
| Father | |
| Mother | |
| Partner | |
| Children | |
Marie Campbell (30 October 1915 – 24 February 2018 (aged 102)) was a Manitoba-born retail clerk and community volunteer in Westfort who performed music at local seniors' homes for over three decades.[1][2]
Life and family
Marie Campbell was born in Clan William, Manitoba, where she grew up on a family farm. She assisted her parents, MaryAnn and Henry Sande, with agricultural duties and the care of her many siblings. Before her marriage, she worked at Mathie Farms near Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. In 1941, she married Gordon Campbell, a member of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Shortly after their wedding, she survived a bout of polio, recovering at the King George Isolation Hospital in Winnipeg.[1]
The couple made their home in the Westfort area of Fort William. She was an active volunteer, holding leadership positions with the Girl Guides, Westfort Community Centre Council, Fort William Women's Institute, and Rebecca Lodge. She also contributed to the C.G.I.T. Duncan Memorial Junior Church Camp at Loon Lake and the United Church Women. Professionally, she was employed as a clerk at Zellers, Chapples, and Eaton's Department Stores. A self-taught pianist, she and her husband, a fiddler, performed for residents of local seniors' homes for 37 years.[1]
She was predeceased by her husband Gordon Campbell, her parents, her sisters Bertha Iverson, Mabel Sande, Ann Truhn, Irene Galarneau, Myrtle Holyk, and Emily Sagnes, and her brothers Krist, Norman, Herman, Herbert, and William Sande. She was also predeceased by a great-great-granddaughter, Violet Lambert. She is survived by her children Doreen Green and her husband Jack, and Glen Campbell and his wife Peggy. Her surviving family includes grandchildren Paul, Heather, Colin, Christopher Campbell, Jeanette Ratz, Wendy Ratz, Jennifer Kukkee, Anders, and Stuart Green, as well as numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, including Vernon, Gabriel, Malcolm Green, Roslynn Manduca, Alexander, Anna Ratz, Brittany, Daniel, Raelynn, Braeden Campbell, Luna, Salem James Campbell, and Karl Manduca. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Mary Sande and Gwendolyn Campbell.[1]
Marie Campbell died on February 24, 2018, at Hogarth-Riverview Manor in Thunder Bay at the age of 102. Funeral arrangements were handled by the WESTFORT CHAPEL, with services scheduled for the following spring.[1]
Newspaper record
- Obituary notice in The Chronicle-Journal, 2018-02-27.[2]
- Recorded as occurring 24 February 2018.
- Obituary notice in The Chronicle-Journal, 2018-05-05.[3]
- Recorded as occurring 24 February 2018.
She was a great-great-grandmother of Violet Jennifer Goldwyn Lambert.[4]
She was living on 4 April 2012.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Obituary for Marie Campbell, The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 2018-02-27, via Legacy.com. Archived copy on datum.locker.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Chronicle-Journal, 27 February 2018, p. 7(B)
- ↑ The Chronicle-Journal, 5 May 2018, p. 2(B)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Violet Jennifer Goldwyn Lambert-Campbell", Everest Funeral Home, April 4, 2012. Archived.