Obituary of Lauretta Campbell

Lauretta Jean Campbell was born on January 23, 1920 at Walker Settlement, Kings County, New Brunswick; a daughter of S. Thompson and M. Jeanetta (nee Walker) Anderson. Lauretta attended the Walker Settlement School and as a young woman took a course in practical nursing. In her younger years she worked in the DVA Hospital in Saint John and also at a nursing home there. On March 8, 1941 Lauretta was united in marriage to Douglas O. Campbell at Norton, New Brunswick. For the first years of her married life she worked alongside her husband on his father's farm, and later after Douglas was discharged from the army, they bought their own farm in Poodiac, NB and continued to farm until 1962. In 1968 the couple moved to Yorkton to be closer to family. Lauretta worked for a time at the Yorkton Union Hospital and then did housekeeping at the Corona, the Holiday Inn and the Blackstone Hotels. In 1977 the couple retired to Rhein, where they resided until Douglas' passing in October of 1987. After that time Lauretta moved into Yorkton and became a resident of the Queen Elizabeth Court, where she resided until the time of her passing. Lauretta passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. She was 91 years of age. Besides her husband Douglas, she was predeceased by her father and mother, brothers Raymond, Derald & Jarvis Anderson; sisters Kathleen Steele, Pauline Barton, Marion Anderson, Florence Lynch & Lillian Joyce; and a grandson, Michael Langlais. She leaves to cherish her memory, her four sons: Arden (Ada) of Portage LaPrairie, MB; Dale (Rita) of Yorkton; Brian (Krysia) of Saskatoon; and Wayne of Saskatoon; two daughters: Lorna (Victor) Reschke of Pinawa, MB; and Ethel (Gerard) Langlais of Rothesay, New Brunswick. Also thirteen grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren & sixteen great great grandchildren; a sister, Emma Anderson of Sussex, NB; sisters-in-law, Ruby Anderson, Mary Anderson and Hazel Mercer; as well as a brother-in-law, George Lynch; and numerous nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.