Obituary: Richard Clarence Campbell
SOUTH PORTLAND - Richard Clarence Campbell, 89, of Washington Avenue, died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021 at Maine Medical Center following .
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Richard Clarence Campbell
SOUTH PORTLAND – Richard Clarence Campbell, 89, of Washington Avenue, died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021 at Maine Medical Center following a brief illness.
Richard was born in Portland on March 5, 1931, the son of the late Joseph Edmund. and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Campbell. He was the youngest of six children, a devoted son, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
Born during the Great Depression, Richard grew up helping his family by picking vegetables, gathering coal and scrap metal to earn a quarter, and fishing in Casco Bay, which his mother used for their meals. First working for Casco Bay Lines when he was 15, at age 16 he shipped out with the Merchant Marines on an oil tanker to Venezuela. The following year, Richard enlisted in the United States Army