In memory of Campbell Bridges 1937-2009


Public funeral service will be held for
Campbell Bridges, 1937-2009

A public funeral service will be held for ICA Director and Founding Member Campbell Bridges who was slain in Kenya last week. The service will begin at noon at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi on Friday, August 21st.

The Bridges family met today with ICA members in Kenya where they requested that Susie Kennedy, ICA Ambassador to Kenya, give a eulogy for Campbell who was a beloved member of ICA. Following the service ICA will host a wake for Campbell nearby.

Flowers can be ordered through Festival of Flowers who will ensure they are delivered to the church in Kenya. Tel: 1-800-753-7676 or 1-703-329-2245 Email: proflst@aol.com

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Bridges family in this time of sorrow.

Barbara Wheat Executive Director
Today, if you listen carefully, you might just hear a lonely elephant wail in grief at his passing… Goodbye Campbell. You will be missed.




The International Colored Gemstone Association, headquartered in New York City and operating additional "GemBureaus" in Idar-Oberstein/ Germany, Bangkok/ Thailand and Dubai/ UAE, is the nonprofit trade association that represents the international colored gemstone industry, an extremely important and influential segment of the jewelry business. ICA has over 500 members in 46 countries worldwide.