Carol Ann Campbell

Carol Ann (nee Oudinot) Campbell, age 92, passed away on November 11, 2025 at her home in Jackson. She was born on June 24, 1933, in Milwaukee, WI to the late Robert and Agnes (née Fickler) Oudinot.

Carol grew up in Milwaukee, WI and graduated from Rufus King High School in 1951. She worked at a local dimestore right after high school.

Carol married her high school sweetheart, Chuck, on October 14, 1952, and they were married for almost 73 years. Chuck came home on leave from the Air Force for the weekend so they could get married. After the wedding, Carol lived with Chuck’s parents while he was stationed in Greenland during the Korean War. Later as an Air Force wife, she moved her family to Washington state and to Maine to be with her husband and live on the base. When Chuck got out of the Air Force, they moved back to Milwaukee where Chuck found a job and Carol worked inside the home keeping house and raising the boys.

Carol was a talented cook. She made the best pickles from cucumbers grown in her garden. She made coffeecakes as Christmas gifts for the family, and she started making all different kinds of Christmas cookies shortly before Thanksgiving. She and Chuck spent hours wrapping the Christmas treats in different colored cellophane. Both sons have carried on this tradition.

Chuck and Carol built a cabin in Waupaca in 1972 and took many trips “up North” until they sold it in 2008. You’d find her outside there in the summer, sitting on an inflatable raft still half on the shore, listening to the Brewers game on the radio and complaining about the pitching. She’d take the pedal boat for a spin, but only if she had the floatation cushions. All that time at the lake and Carol never learned how to swim! Carol enjoyed card games and crossword puzzles. She was an avid watcher of the game show channel on TV. She had a green thumb when it came to geraniums, and she enjoyed painting ceramics.

Carol was a child at heart and she loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was quick with a mischievous smile and willing to try any crazy game they came up with. She often reminisced about happy times spent with all of them.

Carol is survived by her two sons, Jim (Irene) and Gary (Amy). Carol is further survived by her five grandchildren, Jason, Kelly, Matt, Allison, and Heather; her five great-grandchildren, Oisin, Gage, Mikaela, Cashaes, and Jordynn; and her former sister-in-law, Myrtle Witter, and Myrtle’s four children.

Carol is preceded in death by her loving husband, Chuck, who died in September. Also preceding Carol in death are her parents, her mother-in-law, Eva Campbell, her father-in-law, Thomas Frederick Campbell, her brother, Robert Oudinot, and her sister-in-law, Carol Richards.

A memorial celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 15th at 10:00 a.m. at Myrhum-Patten Funeral Home in West Bend. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral service with Pastor Paul Mittermaier from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Jackson officiating. Afterward, committal will take place at Washington County Memorial Park.

Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Jackson, WI.