Harvest Campbell

Preceding Harvest are her grandparents Jerry and Jo (Rogers) Newcomb & Glenn and Vivian (Roberston) Campbell. Surviving Harvest are her parents, Jay Newcomb and Laurie Campbell (aka Kate Newcomb), her grandmother, Moira Durocher, and several uncles: Neil (Jill), L. Douglas, Jeffre & Joel (Denise), and her cousin Brendan. Harvest will be missed by many of her extended family members and she is fondly remembered as being funny, kind and outgoing by her friends from both the Framingham area of Massachusetts and the Ottawa region. Harvest had an extra special place in her heart for her dearest friend, Olivia; they were sisters of the soul. 

Harvest was born in Kingston, Ontario, sharing her familial home with cats, which opened her heart to caring about animals and nature. Shortly after Harvest turned three years old, she moved to Holliston, Massachusetts. It was around this time she had decided that she wanted to be a “Snort Operator” and to teach cats to communicate with humans. Summers were spent at the family cottage on Bass Lake, Lombardy, Ontario, where Harvest learned to swim like a fish. She picked wild berries and made delicious preserves. Harvest even won a blue ribbon at the local fair for her raspberry jam. Harvest enjoyed traveling to various places in Canada and the US, such as Washington, D.C. and Nova Scotia, as well as camping in Algonquin Park and climbing and camping on Mt. Washington, N.H. She learned to belay and she courageously walked a tightrope. Harvest was driven by adventure and experiences; she had both in spades. 

With Harvest’s big heart, she naturally took an interest in the wellbeing of others. While attending Joseph P. Keefe Technical High School, she earned certification in Early Childhood Education and graduated with honours. She gave to the community; commendably she volunteered at Samaritans, a lifeline for those who were contemplating suicide. After high school, Harvest moved to Ottawa, Ontario, to give assistance to her grandmother, Vivian Campbell. During that time, Harvest earned diplomas in Construction Engineering and in Civil Engineering. At the time of Harvest’s unexpected passing, she was pursuing her dissertation to complete her Construction Supervision Certification, while also preparing to strike out in contract work in her chosen fields of expertise. 

Her parents were proud of her tenacity in the face of uncertain outcomes, captivated by her intellectual pursuits & conversations and delighted in her endearing, off-beat sense of humour. Harvest loved “to the moon and back”. She was so dearly loved “to the sun and back”.