James Leonard Campbell Sr

James “Jim” Leonard Campbell, born September 4th, 1931 to Cecilia and Leonard Campbell, passed away peacefully on October 8th.  Jim was born in Plevna, Montana and raised on a farm in Ellensburg along with his 7 siblings, Barney, Kenneth, Beverly, Glen, Gary, Dale, and Carolyn.  He joined the Army and spent 2 years defending our country in Korea.  He returned home to Ellensburg in 1953 where he met his bride, Frances Slead, at the diner of the bus depot where she was a waitress.  They married on May 7th, 1955 and moved shortly after to Ephrata, WA where their first son, James Jr. was born.  They moved back to Ellensburg for a short while where their 2nd child, Cecilia was born in 1957.  They then moved to Puyallup and had 2 more children, Leslie in 1960 and Brad in 1963.  Jim owned and operated Campbell and Sons from 1973 until he “retired” in 2007.

Jim was the most honest and hard-working man you would find and he loved his family more than anything.  He is survived by his wife Fran, 2 of his 4 children, James Jr. (Karen) and Brad (Gina), 9 grandchildren, Shay (Andy), Ryan (Megan), Rachel, Mikael (Brian), Nicholas (Melody), Ali (Jon), Erika (Matt), Dylan, and Crystal; 12 great-grandchildren Kylee, Jared, Abby, Tyler, Austin, Jacob, Ricky, Vincent, Stanley, Samuel, Wyatt, and Cora, 1 great-great grandchild (Campbell),  his brother Glen (Claudia), sister Beverly, sisters-in-law Helen and Margaret, brother-in-law Randy, and many nieces and nephews.  In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital (www.stjude.org).