graduate of Mount Holyoke College 1916; completed Vassar Training Camp for Nurses 1918; graduated Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing 1920; earned a BS degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing 1924
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - December 6, 1997
Deceased Name: ADELPHIA A. CAMPBELL, 104 GRAFTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT
GRAFTON - Adelphia A. (Allen) Campbell, 104, formerly of 46 North St., a public-health nurse for many years, a Red Cross volunteer, and Grafton's oldest living resident, died Wednesday in River Terrace Health Care Center, Lancaster, from complications of pneumonia.
Her husband of 65 years, Kleber A. Campbell Jr., died in 1991. She leaves a son, Kleber A. Campbell III of West Boylston; a daughter, Joan Campbell-Phillips of South Harpswell, Maine; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was born in Earleville, N.Y., daughter of Herbert C. Allen Jr. and Agnes Jeannette (Burdick) Allen, and lived here 70 years before moving to Lancaster last year. She was the oldest living resident of Grafton. She graduated from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1912 and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, in 1916. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing, Cleveland, in 1920 and earned another bachelor's degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing in Boston. She completed the nurses' training program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mrs. Campbell was a registered public health nurse for the City of Boston for many years before she retired. She was then a volunteer for many years at the American Red Cross blood bank in Grafton.
She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church, the Grafton District Nursing Association, the Grafton Garden Club and the King's Daughters. Her interests included family, rug hooking, knitting, stenciling, sewing and cooking.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common. After cremation, burial will be at the convenience of the family in Riverside Cemetery. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Holyoke College, Scholarship Fund, South Hadley 01075; or the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton 01519. Robert C. Roney, 152 Worcester St., North Grafton, is directing arrangements.
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - December 6, 1997
Deceased Name: ADELPHIA A. CAMPBELL, 104 GRAFTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT
GRAFTON - Adelphia A. (Allen) Campbell, 104, formerly of 46 North St., a public-health nurse for many years, a Red Cross volunteer, and Grafton's oldest living resident, died Wednesday in River Terrace Health Care Center, Lancaster, from complications of pneumonia.
Her husband of 65 years, Kleber A. Campbell Jr., died in 1991. She leaves a son, Kleber A. Campbell III of West Boylston; a daughter, Joan Campbell-Phillips of South Harpswell, Maine; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was born in Earleville, N.Y., daughter of Herbert C. Allen Jr. and Agnes Jeannette (Burdick) Allen, and lived here 70 years before moving to Lancaster last year. She was the oldest living resident of Grafton. She graduated from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1912 and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, in 1916. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing, Cleveland, in 1920 and earned another bachelor's degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing in Boston. She completed the nurses' training program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mrs. Campbell was a registered public health nurse for the City of Boston for many years before she retired. She was then a volunteer for many years at the American Red Cross blood bank in Grafton.
She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church, the Grafton District Nursing Association, the Grafton Garden Club and the King's Daughters. Her interests included family, rug hooking, knitting, stenciling, sewing and cooking.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common. After cremation, burial will be at the convenience of the family in Riverside Cemetery. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Holyoke College, Scholarship Fund, South Hadley 01075; or the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton 01519. Robert C. Roney, 152 Worcester St., North Grafton, is directing arrangements.
Copyright (c) 1997 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.
graduate of Mount Holyoke College 1916; completed Vassar Training Camp for Nurses 1918; graduated Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing 1920; earned a BS degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing 1924
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - December 6, 1997
Deceased Name: ADELPHIA A. CAMPBELL, 104 GRAFTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT
GRAFTON - Adelphia A. (Allen) Campbell, 104, formerly of 46 North St., a public-health nurse for many years, a Red Cross volunteer, and Grafton's oldest living resident, died Wednesday in River Terrace Health Care Center, Lancaster, from complications of pneumonia.
Her husband of 65 years, Kleber A. Campbell Jr., died in 1991. She leaves a son, Kleber A. Campbell III of West Boylston; a daughter, Joan Campbell-Phillips of South Harpswell, Maine; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was born in Earleville, N.Y., daughter of Herbert C. Allen Jr. and Agnes Jeannette (Burdick) Allen, and lived here 70 years before moving to Lancaster last year. She was the oldest living resident of Grafton. She graduated from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1912 and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, in 1916. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing, Cleveland, in 1920 and earned another bachelor's degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing in Boston. She completed the nurses' training program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mrs. Campbell was a registered public health nurse for the City of Boston for many years before she retired. She was then a volunteer for many years at the American Red Cross blood bank in Grafton.
She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church, the Grafton District Nursing Association, the Grafton Garden Club and the King's Daughters. Her interests included family, rug hooking, knitting, stenciling, sewing and cooking.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common. After cremation, burial will be at the convenience of the family in Riverside Cemetery. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Holyoke College, Scholarship Fund, South Hadley 01075; or the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton 01519. Robert C. Roney, 152 Worcester St., North Grafton, is directing arrangements.
Copyright (c) 1997 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - December 6, 1997
Deceased Name: ADELPHIA A. CAMPBELL, 104 GRAFTON'S OLDEST RESIDENT
GRAFTON - Adelphia A. (Allen) Campbell, 104, formerly of 46 North St., a public-health nurse for many years, a Red Cross volunteer, and Grafton's oldest living resident, died Wednesday in River Terrace Health Care Center, Lancaster, from complications of pneumonia.
Her husband of 65 years, Kleber A. Campbell Jr., died in 1991. She leaves a son, Kleber A. Campbell III of West Boylston; a daughter, Joan Campbell-Phillips of South Harpswell, Maine; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was born in Earleville, N.Y., daughter of Herbert C. Allen Jr. and Agnes Jeannette (Burdick) Allen, and lived here 70 years before moving to Lancaster last year. She was the oldest living resident of Grafton. She graduated from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, N.Y., in 1912 and Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, in 1916. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Nursing, Cleveland, in 1920 and earned another bachelor's degree from Simmons College School of Public Nursing in Boston. She completed the nurses' training program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mrs. Campbell was a registered public health nurse for the City of Boston for many years before she retired. She was then a volunteer for many years at the American Red Cross blood bank in Grafton.
She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church, the Grafton District Nursing Association, the Grafton Garden Club and the King's Daughters. Her interests included family, rug hooking, knitting, stenciling, sewing and cooking.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common. After cremation, burial will be at the convenience of the family in Riverside Cemetery. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Holyoke College, Scholarship Fund, South Hadley 01075; or the Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton 01519. Robert C. Roney, 152 Worcester St., North Grafton, is directing arrangements.
Copyright (c) 1997 Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.
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