Jane E. Campbell, 80, of Lewistown, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at UPMC Altoona. She was born Sept. 14, 1942, in Victoria, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Everett C. and Lillian I. (Lucas) Haines. Her husband, James C. Campbell preceded her in death on May 5, 1990. She is the […]
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James T. Campbell lost his father, James Cleophas Campbell, to COVID-19 last March, soon after the pandemic arrived in Texas, and just two weeks after the state’s first reported death. But his close-knit family got little time to mourn its 88-year-old patriarch before the coronavirus struck again. “First we lost my dad, then it took his brothers,” James T. says. His dad’s older brother, Johnny, died of COVID-19 in April. In December, the youngest brother, Percy, passed away from cancer. A month later, another family member died from COVID-19.
“I never knew 2020 would be the year of virtual funerals,” James T. says with a sigh. “I haven’t had a chance to mourn my dad, because I’ve been mourning other relatives.”