Jon Charles Campbell

life story

A Family Man and Adventure Seeker

A lifelong resident of Bay City, MI, Jon left was survived by his wife, Barbara, and 3 children; Scott (age 11), Candice (age 8), and Brandon (age 7) He graduated Central High School in Bay City and from General Motors Institute (GMI) with a degree in engineering in 1966. He spent his entire career working as an engineer for GM.

He was an avid motorcycle and snowmobile racer and loved being in the Michigan woods. He was as a member of the Valley Trail Riders Motorcycle Club when he passed away and "enjoyed working on his motorcycle almost as much as he did riding it".

Michigan Man

Jon Campbell, born on July 25, 1944, died on December 14, 1978 in a car accident on the highway outside of Bay City, MI.

Jon and his twin brother were born to Roland Campbell & Ione Campbell in Bay City, MI while Roland was away from home on a Naval ship in the south Pacific. Luckily, they both had an older brother who was just old enough to help Ione at home and would even walk to the market with a grocery list pinned to his jacket to get the family groceries.

Jon and his wife began dating in high school and married in his senior year at university when he was studying mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute.