Gretchen Palas Campbell 1938-2008

FLEIG, PALAS, CAMPBELL, NUSS, OUTTERSON, GILBERT

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 3/2/2008 at 20:33:48

Gretchen Palas Campbell

Gretchen "GG" Palas Campbell, of Shelby, N.C., passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2008, in Shelby, N.C. She was 69.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, January 26, at the Shelby Presbyterian Church. The Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory was in charge of arrangements.

Gretchen was born October 23, 1938, in Postville, the daughter of the late Arthur J. Palas and Elsa Fleig Palas. She was a 1956 graduate of Postville High School.

A graduate of Iowa State University and Georgia State University, Gretchen was a retired middle school teacher. She was a member of Shelby Presbyterian Church, but had friends from other church communities where John and she had lived in Milledgeville, Ga., Johnson City, Tenn., Kingsport, Tenn., Greeneville, Tenn., Decatur, Ala., Warner Robins, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C. GG used her many talents to bless others, as a fiber artist, choral musician, teacher, home decorator, and lay leader in the church.

Gretchen is survived by her beloved husband John; children: Andy Nuss of St. Petersburg, Fla., Marya Outterson and her husband Kevin of Boston, Mass., Alison Gilbert and her husband Pete of Shelby, N.C., and David Campbell and his wife Lori of Warner Robins, Ga.; her granddaughters: Sarah, Caitlin, Abigail and Meredith Outterson, and Lauren and Ansley Campbell; her brother Fritz (Eleanor) Palas of Phoenix, Ariz.; cousins Helmut and Gudrun Berger of Lorch, Germany; an uncle Richard (Mary) Fleig of Ames; and cousins John Fleig, Barbie Fleig and Jean Carroll.

The Postville Herald-Leader, January 30, 2008
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