SCARBOROUGH – Martha Elizabeth Campbell, 95, of Scarborough and Raymond died Oct. 16, 2006, after a short illness at St. Joseph’s Manor, Portland. She was born Jan. 17, 1911, on D Street, South Portland, the daughter of Arthur W. and Etta Laiten Blake and graduated from South Portland High School and Gorham Normal School. She taught in the East High Street School, South Portland, before her 1935 marriage to the late Rev. Warren C. Campbell in Malden, Mass. They later lived in Dudley, Mass., Greenfield, Mass., Pine Point, Portland, Fall River, Mass., Dighton, Mass., and Mansfield, Mass., returning to Old Orchard and Scarborough after he retired. She resumed her teaching career in Berkley, Mass., then continued in Taunton and Seekonk schools. Mrs. Campbell loved local New England history and worked on her family’s genealogy for more than 30 years, getting two lines back into the 1500s. She devoted herself to taking care of her husband and children; reading out loud, reciting children’s poetry from memory, sharing family stories and knitting an afghan for each grandchild. She could make a beautiful arrangement out of a seemingly insignificant sprig of green and never wore black since “that was for old women.” She is predeceased by her husband; a son, Robert; and a granddaughter, Janice. Surviving, are her son, John A. of Fredericksburg, Va.; two daughters, Carol M. O’Brien of Marcellus, N.Y., and Scarborough and Jane E. MacIntyre of Mansfield, Mass., and Raymond; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at People’s United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland, with visiting hours immediately after the service. Arrangements are by Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home, 36 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach.
MARTHA ELIZABETH CAMPBELL
