Joan Marie Duplessis, neé Campbell, was born at the Old Tulalip Indian Hospital on the Tulalip Reservation on September 13, 1937. She lived much of her life in Fullerton, Calif. In 2004, she returned back to The Tulalip Reservation to be amongst her family.
Joan was very social and loved to be surrounded by people. Joan was an enrolled member of The Tulalip Tribes.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Duplessis Sr.; her mother, Katherine ‘Caty’ Campbell of Tulalip, Wash. her father, William G. Campbell; her two brothers, Russell ‘Gubby’ Campbell, and Donald Campbell, and sister, Sandra Bodendick (Jim) of Tulalip.
She is survived by her three sisters: Jeanette Dudnick of Anaheim, Calif., Helen Campbell of Tulalip, and Katherine Elliot of Tacoma, Wash.; three brothers, Walter Campbell of Tulalip, John Thunderbird Campbell (Kara) of Tulalip, and Charlie Campbell (Sue) of Tulalip; three sons, Nicholas Campbell (Faye Allen) of Tacoma, Bernard Duplessis Jr. (Sandra) of Tulalip and William Duplessis of Fullerton; and seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren; Joan’s smile, love and laugh were contagious. She will be dearly missed.
A one-day Memorial service will be held on Friday, October 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at The Schaefer-Shipman Funeral home, 804 State Avenue, Marysville, WA 98271. A dinner will be served following the service at the Tulalip Tribal Gym. Joan will be returned to California and will be set to rest next to her husband, Bernard Duplessis Sr. She will be laid to rest at Loma Vista Mortuary, 701 E. Bastanchury Road, Fullerton, CA 98235.