Gertrude Margaret (Brandt) Campbell
Birth: 6 Feb 1869; Death: 25 Aug 1939; Burial: 27 Aug 1939; Nativity: Iowa
Location: Lot 204, Plot 7 (block N)
Ledger Notes:
Age: 70 Yrs., 6 Mos., 19 Days; Funeral: W. E. Pegg
General Notes:
Ledger lists name as "Gertrude Margruita"
Daughter of Charles & Fredricka Brandt in 17-9 & 10; Sister of Liona Marks in 17-12.
Family Contribution:
Gertrude Margaret (Brandt) Campbell. Born 6 Feb 1869 in Iowa. Died 25 Aug 1939 in Sherwood, Washington Cnty, OR. Married 19 Apr 1893 in Sherwood, OR, to Archibald ("Archie") Campbell, born 28 Aug 1860 in Gamebridge, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1955 in Portland, Multnomah Cnty, OR; interred at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum, Portland. Gertrude was one of 6 known children; her parents were Charles A. Brandt and Frederika Margaret (Wickert/Weckert) Brandt.
Obituary:
Long Time Resident Passes to the Beyond
Mrs. Gertrude Margaret Campbell, 70, wife of Archie Campbell, died suddenly at her home near this city Friday morning, August 25. Survivors are the widower, Archie Campbell, of Sherwood; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Knight, of Beaverton, and Mrs. Flora Illinsky [sic], of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Brown, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Liona Marks, of this city; two brothers, Henry Brandt, of Pleasant Valley, Oregon, Frank Brandt, of Creed [sic], Colo., and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Sherwood M. E. church.... Interment was in Pleasant Hill cemetery....
Gertrude Margaret Brandt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brandt, was born in Iowa February 6, 1869. Soon after her birth the family moved to Illinois where they lived until 1877, when they came to Oregon and settled near this city, and this community had ever since been her home.
She married Archie Campbell April 19, 1893, and her married life had been devoted to husband and family and to the upbuilding of the religious life of the community.
Source: Sherwood [OR] Valley Times, p.1 (31 Aug 1939)
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