Blanche Campbell, 1888-1975

CAMPBELL, HAYDEN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/27/2009 at 13:06:17

ESTHERVILLE--Service for Mrs. Blanche Campbell, 86, of Estherville, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Henry Funeral Chapel at Estherville, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Campbell died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday in Holy Family Hospital.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Born Blanche May Hayden on May 22, 1888, near Lone Rock, she graduated from Bancroft High School in 1907 and taught school for eight years in Kossuth and Emmet counties. She married Guy J. Campbell in 1916 in Estherville. They lived in Swea City for eight years, then moved to Blue Island, Ill. where he was employed by the railroad for 28 years. They returned to Estherville, where she has lived since.

Survivors include one brother and two sisters, John Hayden of Moline, ILL., Mrs. Neda Ditsworth and Mrs. Florence Smith, both of Estherville.

Source: Fairmont Sentinel, Fairmont, Minnesota, May, 21, 1975.