Editing Camilla Hall (section)

==Early life==
 
On March 24, 1945, Camilla Christine Hall was born in [[Saint Peter, Minnesota]].<ref>''O'Brien, Susan. Research Files on Camilla Hall, 1967–1976.'' CAMC Collection 30. Gustavus Adolphus Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.</ref> Both her parents, George Fridolph Hall (1908–2000) and Lorena (Daeschner) Hall (1911–1995), were academics with positions at [[Gustavus Adolphus College]] in Saint Peter from 1938 to 1952.<ref name="mankato">{{cite web |url=https://today.magazine.mnsu.edu/s/1913/bp21-micro/interior.aspx?sid=1913&gid=2&pgid=863  |title=The curious, tragic life of Camilla Hall |last=Dyslin |first=Amanda |website=Minnesota State University, Mankato Today |access-date=May 16, 2023}}</ref> In addition, her father was a minister in the [[Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church]] and later the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].<ref name="post" /> Her mother, Lorena (Daeschner) Hall, helped found Gustavus Adolphus College's Art Department and served as the department head.<ref name="gustavus.edu">{{cite web |title=Hall Family. Papers Concerning Camilla Hall and George F. and Lorena Hall, 1938–1995 CAMC Collection 13. |website=Gustavus Adolphus College Archives |place=St. Peter, Minnesota |url=http://gustavus.edu/academics/library/archives/CAMC0013.pdf |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109135602/https://gustavus.edu/library/archives/college/manuscripts/CAMC0013.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2016}}</ref> 

Camilla Hall was the only surviving child of four. Firstborn son Terry died of congenital heart disease in 1948; Peter died in 1951, and Nan died in 1962, both of a congenital kidney disease. The family seemed burdened by grief.<ref name="staff">{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/camilla-hall-ends-her-long-journey-home-vol-2-no-8/ |title=Camilla Hall Ends Her Long Journey Home |last=People Staff |work=People magazine/Archive |date=19 August 1974 |pages=14–15 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307035749/https://people.com/archive/camilla-hall-ends-her-long-journey-home-vol-2-no-8/ |archive-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="O'Brien, Susan 1976">{{cite web |url=http://gustavus.edu/academics/library/archives/CAMC0030.php |title=O'Brien, Susan. Research Files on Camilla Hall, 1967–1976 CAMC Collection 30. |website=Gustavus Adolphus Archives |place=St. Peter, Minnesota |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608030438/http://gustavus.edu/academics/library/archives/CAMC0030.php |archive-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref>

In 1952, the Hall family moved to what is now Tanzania in East Africa. George and Lorena Hall taught in schools and did mission work, while Camilla and Nan played with the native children.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Camilla Hall's Place in the Symbionese Liberation Army'' by Rachel Hanel, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota (2004)</ref> In 1954, when Camilla was nine, the family returned to Saint Peter because of seven-year-old Nan's poor health. While Camilla attended elementary school in Minnesota and lived with relatives, her birth family moved to Montclair, New Jersey. 

In Minnesota, Hall attended [[Washburn High School]] in Minneapolis, where she was involved in many activities. The 1963 Washburn Yearbook states, "Candy was a member of Blue Tri, Class Play, Poplars Staff, Quill Club, Forensics, Pep Club, and Hall of Fame".<ref name="gustavus.edu"/> Blue Tri club was an organization that encouraged Christian ideals and put together service projects.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In addition, Camilla Hall was voted class clown in high school.<ref name="gustavus.edu"/><ref name="post" /> In 1963, she graduated from Washburn High School.