Shirley Norman Campbell Sr.

Calais - Shirley Norman Campbell Sr., 85, passed away January 3, 2011 at Ross Manor in Bangor after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Shirl was born June 4, 1925 in Baileyville the son of Ceiward and Reta (Kennedy) Campbell. He graduated Woodland High School in 1943 and married Dorothy Bartlett the same year. Shirl worked as a papermaker at St. Croix and then Georgia Pacific Mill for 40 years. He was a hard working, witty man with a great sense of humor. He loved his family dearly and always put them first. Papa, as he preferred to be called, enjoyed countless hours of laughing and teasing with his many grandchildren. Shirl was predeceased by his wife Dorothy, his parents Ceiward and Reta, brothers Ceiward, Frank, and baby Ray, and sister Jacqueline. He is survived by brothers Donald and Stephen and sisters Ruth and Barbara. Shirl is also survived by son Shirley Campbell Jr. and his wife Beryl Ann of Bangor, daughters Patricia Gagner and her husband Jeffrey of Baileyville, Carole Thornton and her husband Gary of Texas, Bonnie Johnson of Bangor, Joanne Pottle and her husband Bernard of Perry, and Judy McGinley and her husband Stephen of Alexander, and 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais, on Thursday, January 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Shirl’s memory to Ronald McDonald House or the charity of your choice.