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Buy, Sell & Trade: Obituary for Kathleen Jean Campbell
Kathleen Jean Campbell Dec. 24, 1933 – July 28, 2026
Jean was born in Haney, BC to Danish immigrant parents, Knud Helge Jensen and Oda Dagny Antoinette Larsen. In 1938, the family moved to Wells, BC where Jean attended school and enjoyed cross-country skiing, panning for gold with her family, playing basketball, and singing in the church choir. Upon graduation, she attended Normal School in Vancouver and became a schoolteacher on Denman Island.
While in Vancouver, Jean renewed contact with her former high school teacher Daniel Robert John Campbell. They married on December 22, 1952 and settled in Courtenay, BC where Dan was a schoolteacher and teachers’ union representative. He later became the MLA for northern Vancouver Island.
In 1980, Jean and Dan retired to live at Hague Lake on Cortes Island. They kept a huge garden, flirted with animal husbandry (pigs and chickens), painted, played cards, solved New York Times crossword puzzles (Jean’s passion), and read books (Dan even wrote one). Most of all, they graciously hosted a steady stream of friends, family, and local Cortes Islanders in their home.
Jean’s Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, August 4 at the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River.
Interment will be the next day August 5, 1:00 pm at Mansons Landing Cemetery.
Jean was born in Haney, BC to Danish immigrant parents, Knud Helge Jensen and Oda Dagny Antoinette Larsen. In 1938, the family moved to Wells, BC where Jean attended school and enjoyed cross-country skiing, panning for gold with her family, playing basketball, and singing in the church choir. Upon graduation, she attended Normal School in Vancouver and became a schoolteacher on Denman Island.
While in Vancouver, Jean renewed contact with her former high school teacher Daniel Robert John Campbell. They married on December 22, 1952 and settled in Courtenay, BC where Dan was a schoolteacher and teachers’ union representative. He later became the MLA for northern Vancouver Island.
In 1980, Jean and Dan retired to live at Hague Lake on Cortes Island. They kept a huge garden, flirted with animal husbandry (pigs and chickens), painted, played cards, solved New York Times crossword puzzles (Jean’s passion), and read books (Dan even wrote one). Most of all, they graciously hosted a steady stream of friends, family, and local Cortes Islanders in their home.
Jean’s Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, August 4 at the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River.
Interment will be the next day August 5, 1:00 pm at Mansons Landing Cemetery.