OBITUARY - RUTH E. CAMPBELL Submitted by: Diana Smith Source: "Centralia Daily Chronicle", Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington. 9 Apr 1936. p. 14. Pioneer Passes Kelso, April 10. -- Death yesterday claimed a real pioneer, Mrs. Ruth E. Campbell, who crossed the plains in a covered wagon with her parents 77 years ago, when she was 10 years old. She had been a resident of Cowlitz county for the past 34 years. The family home was at 607 chestnut street, Kelso, where death occurred, following a two months illness.