Vada C. Campbell

In Memoriam Vada Corine Sullivan Campbell Vada C. Campbell, 84, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, in Wenatchee, Washington. Born January 20, 1932 in Wood Lake, Cherry County, Nebraska, she was the only child of harry and Alice May Young Sullivan. Her parents worked on various ranches in Cherry County until 1942, and during that time she learned to ride horseback, even owning her own pony, named Spot. She went to at least ten different schools, several of them one-room schools. In 1942 the family moved first to Wenatchee, and later to East Wenatchee, where they rented ten acres on golf road, now Baker Street. They raised chickens, pigs, and goats, and had a large garden on the property. That land is now the Robert E. Lee Elementary School. She attended grade school in East Wenatchee, and then went to Wenatchee High School, where she graduated in 1950. Vada Sullivan married Frank Logan Campbell on October 18, 1950 in the Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren in Wenatchee. They purchased a home at 710 Highland Drive in Wenatchee, where they raised their children He died January 6, 1975. She and Frank had three children: Randy, born in 1952, who is 63 and living with his wife, Toni, in Springfield, Oregon; Lea, born in 1956, who is 60, living in Wenatchee and is a nurse at Confluence Health; and Andy, born in 1966, who is 49 and lives in Bellingham. Vada began taking classes at Wenatchee Valley college in 1968, earning her Associate’s degree in 1978. That year she moved to Bellingham to attend the Western Washington University. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1981 and her Master’s degree in 1988, both in Anthropology, graduating magna cum laude. After graduation, Vada worked for a short time at the Bellingham Herald, and later taught English as a second language in Bellingham, and later assisted a disable man with his schoolwork while he attended Wenatchee Valley College. She loved to teach and share her knowledge with everyone. Children especially loved to have her help them with their reading, and she did volunteer work at many schools and preschools. Vada lived in Bellingham until 1999, when she moved to East Wenatchee to live near her mother, who was then past 90. She lived in East Wenatchee until 2014 when she moved to Columbia Heights retirement Community in Wenatchee. Vada loved to travel, and made several trips to Greece to study a culture on the Island of Karpathos for her Master’s thesis. During that time, she learned to love all things Greek. She also made a trip to Turkey and Crete with a friend, and much later she and her daughter toured England and Scotland, and later Ireland together. She enjoyed reading, learning, and doing needlepoint. She also enjoyed visits from her family. She was preceded in death by her father in 1948, her husband in 1975, her step-father, Clyde Mumma, in 1976, and her mother in 2008. Survivors include three children: Randy Campbell and his wife, Toni, of Springfield, OR, Lea Glenn, R.N. of East Wenatchee, and Andrew Campbell of Bellingham. There are four grandchildren: Daniel Hernandez of Springfield, OR, Rosendo Hernandez of Eugene, OR, Sierra Glenn of Wenatchee, and Taylor Ellner and her husband, Jeff, of East Wenatchee, and a great-granddaughter, Gina Hernandez of Springfield, OR. Also precious to her, though not related, were Glenna and Wayne Atwood and family, mostly in the Pacific Northwest, and Betty and Don Dodson and family of Eastern Washington. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, Washington. Please express your thoughts and memories on the online guest book at jonesjonesbetts.com. Arrangements are by Jones & Jones – Betts Funeral Home.

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Vada C. Campbell

January 20, 1932 - May 31, 2016