Genevieve Mary Campbell

Genevieve Mary Campbell

1923 to 2013

Genevieve Mary Campbell, 89, formerly of Sidney, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan, Colo.

She was born Sept. 22, 1923, in Posen, Mich., to Warren and Nellie Page.

Genevieve married Orian H. Campbell in Alpena, Mich., in 1944, he died in 1991. In her earlier years she worked as a teacher in the Detroit area.

She moved to Ft. Morgan about four years ago from Sidney to be closer to her family.

Genevieve was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and the St. Charles Episcopal Church in Ft. Morgan.

She enjoyed working in her flower garden. Genevieve was a poet and had several of her poems published. She had also written a book that she was putting the finishing touches on at the time of her death.

Survivors include one son, Douglas Campbell of Gering; two daughters, Valerie Kucharski of Scottsville, N.Y., and Gloria Olsen and husband Tom of Ft. Morgan; one brother, Jack Page and wife Helen; two sisters, May Little and Pat Kennedy all of Alpena, Mich.; nine grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Dorothy Blizzard and Margaret Brown; and one brother, Charles Page.

There will be a visitation on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Heer Mortuary in Ft. Morgan.

Funeral Services will be Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Charles Episcopal Church in Ft. Morgan. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney.

Friends who wish may make memorial gifts in Genevieve’s name in care of the Heer Mortuary in Ft. Morgan.

The Heer Mortuary in Ft. Morgan is in charge of the arrangements.