Carl E. Campbell was born January 19, 1909 at the 'Hughes Farm' in rural Johnson County Iowa. He was the fifth child of Edgar and Ora Florence Campbell. His siblings included 3 older sisters and 1 older brother, and later there was 1 younger sister and three younger brothers.

He attended Willow Grove Grade school and went to Iowa City High School. He was on the track team along with his good friend Bob James. He helped with the farm work and he worked at the Iowa City High School cafeteria for 4 years, and later at the University Hospital kitchens. [See the picture of Carl and 2 friends. ]. He joined the Welsh Congregational Church in 1923 at age 14, along with his sister Mary. He later moved to Ft. Madison IA where he worked at the Iowa State Penitentiary, in the kitchens.

It was here in Ft. Madison that he met and later married Malita 'Ferol' Able. They were married on August 27, 1933 in Ft. Madison Iowa at her home. [See the pictures of their wedding.] Ferol had a sister Ramona, a brother Miles and another younger sister.

On October 7, 1934 a son, Kenneth Carl was born. He was their only child.

In 1939 he and wife Ferol and son Ken moved to Sharon IA where he assisted his father Edgar and brother Clive in managaing the Sharon General Store. Ken attended the rural Willow Grove Grade School in the 1940- 41 school year [ That year Ken & his cousin Peggy Thomas, dau. of Carl's sister Melva, both attended kindergarten at Willow Grove ( This was the same grade school which all the '9 Campbell children' had attended) ] . At the end of that school year Carl and family returned to Ft. Madison, IA where Carl returned to work at the Iowa State Penitentiary, became supervisor in the kitchens and worked there for some years. Ferol worked for a railroad company for many years & Ken attended grade and high school in Ft. Madison.

In 1950 Carl & Ferol were divorced and on Dec. 27, 1952 he was remarried to Ann Wareheim of Ft. Madison in Iowa City, IA
. It was a short time later that Carl suffered from a cystic lung disease, much like T.B. He went to the Oakdale T.B. Sanitorium near Iowa City for a year or two to recover. His wife Ann worked as a nurses aid at the Oakdale Sanitorium while he was a patient there. After his recovery they remained in Iowa City. Carl became interested and took a course in Inhalation Therapy at SUI, while Ann worked as a receptionist at SUI Hospital in the EENT Dept. During this time (1953-1957) son Ken was married to Donna Jean Cameron on Dec 26, 1953 and attended the SUI College of Engineering. They all
lived together in an apartment on N. Govenor St in e. Iowa City. Ken's wife Donna also worked at SUI in the Applications/Registrar's office(?).

Carl & Ann then moved to the San Francisco, CA area where Carl worked as an Inhalation Therapist. [ Carl had followed his teacher, Prof Stuart Cullen, Head of Anesthesiology at SUI, who had recently moved to San Francisco to be head of the Dept there.] After working in California for several years his health began to fail and in 1964 he suffered a myocardial infarction. In 1965 he suffered considerable blood loss with ulcers and then had ulcer surgery . In 1966 he suffered another epidsode and had to quit work. Ann also quit her job shortly thereafter and they moved back to Ft. Madison, Iowa.

Here his health continued to decline and he passed away on March 7, 1971 in Ft. Madison. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Ft. Madison, IA. After his death his wife Ann, continued to live in Ft. Madison, later moving to the St. Joseph's Retirement Home. She died on July 24, 1983 in Ft. Madison & is also buried in Oakland Cemetery in Ft. Madison. Carl's first wife Malita Ferol Able Campbell died on Jan. 27, 1975 and is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Ft. Madison, IA.