(July 1958 – February 1999)

Cheryl Campbell was a larger-than-life BAA Rad Sheep and part of the infamous “6-Pack.” She was Garden Manager of BAA’s Midtown Palo Alto Garden in 1994, and known for the line, “I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me today!” according to Laura Stec.

She was “vibrant, sensitive, beautiful, full of energy, fun, and had an incredible effect on everyone who met her,” her sister, Janet Campbell Rosen, told The Country Almanac in 1999.

Cheryl was from Bridgeport, Connecticut, and majored in theater arts at Mount Holyoke College. She operated a floral design business in New York City for ten years before she moved to the Bay Area in the 1990s, where she worked in marketing and sales for Netscape Communications in Mountain View and Indigo Technologies in San Jose.

Cheryl died in a car accident February 23, 1999, at the intersection of Portola Road and Family Farm Road in Woodside.

According to the Almanac’s obituary, Cheryl’s  “outgoing personality and achievements in a predominantly male business environment prompted Megan Eskey of Menlo Park to choose her as the subject of a video entitled ‘The Human Element.’ The day of the accident, Ms. Eskey called to tell Ms. Campbell the video, which had won a gold ‘Cindy award’ in the West Coast regional Cinema in Industry competition, had now won an award in the international competition; the award was to be presented next month in San Diego. ‘Cheryl was so excited’ about the news, said Ms. Eskey. ‘Is it black-tie? Of course, I’m going,’ was her immediate response. The two had planned to meet the evening of the accident.”

Her family requested in 1999 that memorial contributions be made to Bay Area Action.