Hazel M. Campbell
April 21, 1918 - March 17, 2014
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Hazel M. Campbell
April 21, 1918 - March 17, 2014
Obituary
Hazel Campbell born Hazel Maureen Duncan to Byrd and Martha Duncan April 21, 1918, passed away in her sleep March 17, 2014. Hazel was preceded in death by her youngest daughter Judy Youso. She is survived by her son Jack Keller and daughter Arlene Houlgate and their families including 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Her grandparents Chris and Karen Jorgensen homesteaded in the Mosquito Lake area of Deming, WA in the 1800’s.
Hazel was active in the Ten Mile Grange, the Red Hat Society, was a Past Matron of Eastern Star and a member of the Lord’s church that meets at the Portal Way Church of Christ in Ferndale. Professionally she was known as a great cook. She worked at the Horseshoe Cafe of Bellingham in the 40’s and at Boeing Airplane Company as a riveter, then a Quality Inspector in the 60-70’s. From 1978-1986 she cooked in Barrow, Alaska High School, in Metlakatla, and as an Alaska state employee taught cooking in numerous places around Alaska. She was often asked to make pies or fudge candy. We also remember her as a farmer raising chickens, pigs and growing a large, wonderful garden to support family and friends with food. What we didn’t eat fresh, she canned and froze for later use.
One thing she was always careful to say was, “Bye for now”. For Nana, saying goodbye was too final, too simple. When she said “Bye for now”, it was a solemn promise that I care about you and I will think about you while we are apart. I am nearby and you can call me if you need help. I will return when I can.
Her spirit of love and support was what she tried to convey to everyone around.
She was the matron of our family and we will miss her greatly.
Farewell Tribute Information
There will be a viewing for Hazel at Moles Greenacres, 5700 Northwest Dr. in Ferndale, WA on Thursday March 20th from 5-7pm. Please send flowers by 2pm for the viewing, or flowers may be sent to the Portal Way Church of Christ (6300 Portal Way) for the memorial service on Friday. There will be a graveside service at the Saxon Cemetery on Friday March 21st at 10am with a memorial service the same day at the Portal Way Church of Christ at 2pm, reception following.
12 responses to Hazel M. Campbell
Eric and Viola Pelfrey says:
March 17, 2014
I came to know Hazel in the last couple of years and we quickly became friends. I enjoyed our times together, we have lunch together and when I asked what she would like me to bring she’d reply fried chicken legs. I enjoy her telling me of her life when she worked in Alaska and her other adventures. She always had a smile and a sweetness about her. She was very easy to talk to and was a great friend to me, I will miss her and I look forward to seeing her again in Heaven. Eric and I send our Sincere Sympathy to Jack, Arlene and her whole family.
jane rose says:
March 17, 2014
End of an era!Still shocking that she’s gone.At least we all have a lifetime of memories and each other.
Babe Quintrall says:
March 17, 2014
Wow, what a wonderful lady! I didn’t know her personally but just reading all your comments tells me she was something special. Isaiah 65:21,22 tells of a future I think Hazel would enjoy, it says ” They will build houses and live in them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruitage. They will not build for someone else to inhabit, nor will they plant for others to eat. For the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and the work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full.” I am sorry for your loss.
Denise Kamschulte says:
March 17, 2014
My great aunt hazel, was a special person in my life, and I will miss her always. Hazel was a little sister to my grandma Helen and my mother Velda’s oldest aunt. She was admired by the woman in my family for working hard alongside her husbands and being a good helper, and for making her home all it could be. When she no longer had a husband she knew she had to get out there and make a way for herself, so she did , inspire of the fact that she wasn’t a young woman. She always put family first, and considered her nieces and nephews just like her own.(taking in a few and raising them as her own.) She opened her home generously and always had a cup of coffee to offer if not an entire meal, to those who visited her. I had the priveledge of living in her home for her last twp seasons up north in barrow before she retired. So most of that time she was away and I cared for her home and all of her things but we did spend a summer living together, as room mates, so to speak. I loved her like my own grandmother,and have grieved her loss for many years as I’ve watched her age and not be able to do the things she loved doing, like gardening, and cooking, canning and baking, and even living in her own home. She loved pretty things, and her home was well kept, inside and out. She was very sentimental, and saved pretty much every card and photo she ever got. She taught me many things that I will treasure always in my heart., and one of the things I remember (like Karen said ) was that she always wanted to hold your hand when she spoke to you and look at your eyes, because she could read a person from those things. She read me like a book, and listened to me. I felt like I could tell her anything. My heart is broken.. I miss you auntie hazel
JUDY AND DAVID LANTIS says:
March 17, 2014
Our thoughts and prayers to the whole family at this time of a loss a mother, grandmothers, great grandmother and sister in christ….Will always remember so many things and the Love she had for her family and friends and the Lord and she will be very miss by all…..rest in peace sister Hazel