Cook (Alert Bay), Baker (Squamish) & Campbell Families
Late Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Campbell (nee Baker)
Mo'nagilaga - "Loaded Canoe Woman"
Sunrise: February 15, 1930 – Sunset: March 20, 2020
It is with great sadness, we advise of the passing of our dear elder Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Campbell (nee Baker). Betty was born to her parents Christine (nee Cook) and Joe Baker in Alert Bay, BC on February 15, 1930. She passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on March 20, 2020. Betty was born in Alert Bay, BC, came to Capilano, then was sent back to attended St. Michael’s Residential School until she was 16 years old. She went to ‘Sardis’ Chilliwack to work at the TB Hospital, while there, met and married her husband Walter Frank Campbell. Like so many of our ladies she worked in the canneries. She loved her Artwork: from Weaving, Scrapbooking, Beading to Knitting. Later years, she would knit and donate items to community fundraisers whenever she could; she always had a stash of items on hand for donations to help. She knitted ‘special’ purple hats for the newborns at Lions Gate Hospital. She attended all community functions and loved to attend Elder Centre activities.
Betty is predeceased by her Great Grandparents: Chief Joe Capilano & wife, Mary, Grandparents: John Baker & Susan Mathias Joe, parents Joe and Christine Baker; Brothers: Danny, Richard (Dickie), Gerald (Jerry), Joseph (JR) and Sisters: Shirley (Lallie), Irene (Susie), her husband Walter Campbell, her children: Robert, Harry, Babe (Elizabeth), Sharon, & Christine Campbell.
She is survived by and will be dearly missed by her loving family Shirley, Joanne, Nancy (Williams): her siblings Gwen Harry, Robert ‘Bobby’ Baker (Shirley), Diane Baker, Gloria ‘Girlie Thomas, Naida ‘Carol’ Brown, Wilfred Baker (Jan), and many grandchildren, great grand child and many nieces and nephews. & her Special Friend: Lila Johnston.
Following a meeting with family, the following arrangements have been made:
PRIVATE FAMILY FUNERAL: Thursday March 26, 2020
CELBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE: Following the END of the COVID 19 Pandemic
There is going to be a Webcast of Funeral that family and friends are welcome to watch. Please email: [email protected]
On-line condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.ca
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