Helen Ardella Campbell

Helen Ardella Campbell, 91, died October 16 at her home in Sedona. She had been a resident of Monrovia, California for 58 years (1947-2005).

Helen Ardella Ruth was born in York, Pennsylvania, where she was raised on a farm by her grandparents. She married Irvin W. Bortner in 1936 and followed him to San Francisco during his service in the US Navy. Their daughter Felicia was born there in 1946. They moved to Monrovia in 1947, where they built two homes and a custom cabinet business, which thrived until his passing in 1979. In 2001, Helen married Hugh M. Campbell of Sierra Madre, who passed away in 2004. She then moved to Sedona, Arizona to be near her daughter and son-in-law.

During her years in Monrovia, she was an active member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She is remembered as a loving wife and mother, a caregiver to friends and extended family, and a cherished surrogate mother to her adult stepchildren and their families.

Mrs. Campbell is survived by daughter Felicia (Jon) Thompson of Sedona, Arizona; stepchildren Patrick Campbell of Cedar Glen, California; Pamela (Anders) Sjodin of Jonsered, Sweden; Renee (Bill) Cormalis of Monrovia, California; Randy (Toni) Campbell of Aurora, Colorado; three half-brothers and three half-sisters in Pennsylvania; and two grandchildren, ten step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and nine step-great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life took place Friday, October 23, at Sedona Winds Assisted Living.

A memorial service will take place Saturday, October 31, 1:00PM, at the Rainbow Chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3888 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of the American Heart Association.