KENNETH ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL

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KENNETH ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL Ken passed away peacefully at the Swan Valley Personal Care Home in Swan River on September 15, 2002. He was 95. He was predeceased by his parents Charles Daniel and Ruth Ellen (Wannamaker) Campbell; his four sisters, Blanche (John) McTaggart, Olive (Ed) Hamilton, Jean (Neil) Scheurwater, Susan (Dick) Scheurwater; brother Tom (Mabel) Campbell; and his loving wife Margaret Daisy (Miller). Also predeceasing him was grandchild Kalli Bartel. He leaves to mourn his three children, Clyde Barry (Verna) Campbell of Winnipeg, Ruth Anne (Ove) Clemmensen of Calgary, and Charles Daniel (Betty-Lou) Campbell of Fort McMurray. Also left to mourn are the grandchildren, Laura (Richard) Bartel and Murray Clemmensen, Alan and Marlo Campbell, and Carol-lynne and Jennifer Campbell; as well as great-grandchildren, Reece and Kia Bartel; and nieces, Kathy (Ray) Schagena of Kitchener, ON, and Audrey (Glenn) Gutheil of Temecula, CA. Ken was born in Hartsmere, ON, in January 1907. He married Margaret Daisy Miller in 1935 at Gods Lake and shortly thereafter moved to Sherridon, MB, to take up work in the mine there as electrician. In 1949 Ken took his family to Swan River, MB, where he started an electrical business, Valley Electric. After retirement Ken and Daisy began to spend their winters in Weslaco, TX. Kens sojourns to Texas were interrupted in 1990 when he suffered a stroke. Then in 1996 he fell and broke his hip, which meant a move to the personal care home. The family would like to thank all his many friends who came to visit him in the personal care home, and also the staff at the personal care home in Swan River for their kind and loving care. Ken always spoke well of you. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held September 26 at 2:00 p.m. at Paull Funeral Home in Swan River. Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 21, 2002