Cam Gentry 1949-2021—Feminist, Liberal, Wife

By Steve Otto

My wife just died so I am writing this obit for my blogs. I have written obits for my other friends, such as Tim Pouncey. But I was married to Camillia (AKA Cam) Anne Gentry, so this is more difficult. Cam died January 21, 2021.

Cam spent her life time as a librarian. She was a librarian at Wichita State University for many years and then she was a librarian at the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, in Junction City, KS. After that she went to the John F Kennedy Library at the Hutchinson Community College, KS. For most of her last years she worked at the hospital libraries for Via Christi, first at St. Joseph and then at St. Francis, here in Wichita. She has a Masters in Library Science. We both have lived in Maize, KS for the last 20 years or so.

Cam and I met at Kirby’s, a popular bar in Wichita, and for most of our lives it was  our favorite place to hang out and meet friends at. We met in the early 1980s and we got married in 1984. Cam and I had different politics. She was a liberal and I am a Socialist. But we do agree on a lot of issues. For example we both hated Trump and voted against him. Cam had always been a feminist and activist. She was also a Democrat. She was very politically active. In her early years she was a member of National Organization for Women (NOW). She did clinic defense for the abortion clinics in Wichita. She was a member of Freedom of Choice Action League (FOCAL) which shut down and ZAP which grew out of FOCAL. Both organizations were dedicated to clinic defense. She participated in the 2004 March for Women's Lives and the 2016 Women’s March in Washington DC. She was a liberal Democrat and never missed voting. She worked for and supported many Democratic candidates. She mostly supported progressive candidates. She really liked supporting progressive women.

For a more complete look at her life with me click here and see the full-length obit.

 Here is a favorite song of Cam's:

Services have been postponed until spring or summer due to the coronavirus. At this time no service are currently planned.

Clint Gentry also contributed to this article.

To see Cam’s Wichita Eagle Obit, click here.

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