Doris Lorraine Campbell was born on August 11, 1917 in Monessen, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Her father was Hugh Finley Campbell, son of Alvia E. and Eliza Campbell. Her mother was Florence Brown.

In the 1920 Federal Census, Hugh F. Campbell, a widower, lived with his sister, Mary Boyd, in Donora, Washington County. His wife had apparently died after the birth of Doris. And he had another daughter, Wina. - Wina Campbell, 6, was found in the 1920 census living with an uncle and aunt, Levi and Bella Grimsley, in Warren, Ohio. Doris was living in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bridgeman. A Greenville, Mercer County, news article indicates that Hugh F. Campbell had a weekend visit with the Bridgemans in 1921.

Hugh F. Campbell had served in the Marines during World War I. When he applied for Veteran Compensation in 1934, he stated that he had two daughters, Wina, 20, and Doris, 17. He said his wife, at that time, was Jessie Hartstein, presumably Doris' step-mother. They lived in Donora.

It appears that Wina Campbell remained in Warren, Ohio and was found as a student in 1930, and then the wife of Gordon Christie before the 1940 census.

In 1930, Doris, 13, lived in Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania with Hugh and Jessie Campbell. Her father was a mechanic in the steel mill.

In the 1940 Census, Doris Campbell, 23, a Registered Nurse, resided at the Nurses' Residence at St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Pennsylvania and had been living in Donora in 1935.

During World War II, between August 2, 1943 and December 28, 1945, Doris served as a flight nurse in the Army Air Force. In March 1946, she became a First Lieutenant. In 1950, when she applied for Veteran Compensation, she lived in Donora.

The father died on September 13, 1955 and is buried at Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Washington County. His wife, Jessie, died October 27, 1962. The information on Jessie's death record was provided by Wina, "Mrs. Gordon Christie." Her obituary names Mrs. Gordon Christie, of Warren, Ohio, and Doris Campbell of New York, as her daughters. Jessie also had a son, Morton Wolfe, born in 1918, from her earlier marriage to George Wolfe.

Step-brother, Morton Wolfe, died in Utah in October 1975. His obituary names "Mrs. Doris Campbell, New York City" as a sister. She would have been nearly 60 years old at that time.

Doris' sister, Wina V. Campbell Christie, born August 15, 1913, died July 10, 1986. She had been a school teacher.

Absolutely nothing more has been found about Doris Lorraine Campbell.

UPDATE, September 6, 2017 --- Dear Ms. Fluharty, - Thank you so much for setting up the web pages on St. Francis graduates. By Googling, I found your entry on Doris Lorraine Campbell, concluding "Absolutely nothing more has been found about Doris Lorraine Campbell." - You will be pleased to hear that Doris is alive and well. I visited her yesterday at her apartment on West 113th Street in Manhattan. If the birthdate you give is correct, she recently turned 100 years old. She is legally blind and somewhat deaf, and her mind is foggy, but she is doing well thanks to very dedicated and kindly nursing care. - I am very glad you made the web page, for it is difficult to learn much about Doris's early life from conversation with her. She told me that she was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and that she served in the Air Force, so she must be the same person described on your web page. I know that she later received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College and a master's degree in archaeology from Columbia University, and that she then worked as an administrator in the dean's office at Barnard for many years. - Once again, many thanks for your faithful work on the St. Francis web pages, which were very interesting to me! I will ask Doris about her early life and family. - With best regards, Michael Thaddeus