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Helen Campbell

November 7, 1919 — April 3, 2013

Helen J.Campbell 93, Indianapolis, died on April 3, 2013. She was born to George and Laura Jones on November 7, 1919 in Auburn, IN., widow of Eldon Campbell, former GM of the WFBM stations in Indianapolis, (now WRTV). She was a member of St. Luke's Methodist Church and Meridian Hills CC. In 1929 the family moved to Garrett, IN when her father began work on the B&O Railroad. As a teenager, Helen participated in community, church and school plays. In 1936 she won the DeKalb County Fair contest. The summer of 1938 Helen was vocalist for the Maury Cross Orchestra in the Berghoff Gardens in Ft. Wayne, IN. In November of that year she joined the WOWO/WGL radio stations as vocalist and office secretary. She met Eldon at the stations and both made their network debut on the weekly NBC radio program "Indiana Indigo". Eldon was the studio announcer for the program, which ran 1 1/2 years with Helen as the "Hoosier Hostess". Eldon and Helen married on April 19, 1941. He preceded her in death on April 19, 1991. While the family lived in White Plains, NY from 1950-56 Helen had an opportunity to appear on the Arthur Godfrey talent scouts program, but turned it down to be a housewife and mother. Helen was active in Boy Scouts and hosted several Indianapolis 500 tent parties at home in the 1960's. In addition, she and Eldon were co-chairpersons of the 50th anniversary of the "500" mayor's breakfast at the old Claypool Hotel. Helen was preceded in death by her brother Donald Jones (Garrett, IN) and sister Dorothy Geeting (Ferndale, MI). Her sister Georgia Basolo still lives in California. Helen is survived by her son Thomas (Betty) and daughter Susan C. Diaforli (Tom). Three granddaughters also surviving are: Katie (Campbell) McAleavey, Christine (Diaforli) Lee and Jill (Diaforli) Griffiths. Two great granddaughters also survive: Courtney and Caitlin Lee. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street. Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013, at Flanner and Buchanan – Broad Ripple, 1305 East Broad Ripple Avenue. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. You are invited to go to the Guest Book page to pass along your personal message or tell a story. Sincerely, -Your friends at Flanner and Buchanan
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