Obituaries : Mildred Campbell

Mildred Campbell

VINTON: Mildred Campbell, 95 of Vinton died Friday, September 23, 2011 at the Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Vinton following an extended illness. Funeral Services for Mildred will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Avenue in Vinton with Pastor Fred Darbonne of the Presbyterian Church in Vinton officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call from 6 – 8 PM on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 also at the Family Center. A Memorial Fund has been established. Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com

Mildred McDonald was born December 25, 1915 to Thomas Leroy and Viola Matilda Twiss McDonald at Altamont, Illinois. She attended Bee Ridge Country School near Shelbyville, Illinois and Blue Mound Country School near Altamont, Illinois and graduated from Altamont Community High School in 1932. Mildred graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri in 1939 with an RN Degree.

Mildred was united in marriage to Howard Elliott Campbell on June 7, 1941 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Smith at University City, Missouri. Mildred and Howard purchased Stuart Funeral Home in Olin, Iowa in June of 1941. Together they operated the funeral home in Olin until June of 1962 when they moved to Vinton. They purchased the former Taylor Funeral Home in Vinton in July of 1962. They owned and operated Campbell Funeral Home in Vinton together until Howard’s death on September 8, 1977. Mildred continued to be a fixture at Campbell Funeral Home until retiring on September 23, 1985.

Mildred is survived by her son, Charles “Dick” (Sheryl) Campbell of Evansdale; her daughter-in-law, Kathy (Tom) Kircher of Lenexa, KS; her grandchildren, Kimberly (Martin) Weiss of Vinton, Kelly (Lori) Campbell of Urbana and Chad Campbell of Dexter; her great-grandchildren, Jacob, Jessica and Elizabeth Weiss and Patrick, Shea and Brady “Howie” Campbell; her sisters, Emma Jane Nelson of Leavenworth, KS, Rosemary Slater of Olin, Lou Ann (C.H.) Putts of New Lenox, IL; her brother, Joe (Joette) McDonald of Vermilion, OH; and her sisters-in-law, Carolyn Campbell of Davenport and MaryLou McDonald of Bullhead City, AZ.

In addition to her parents and husband, Howard, Mildred was preceded in death by her son, Fred Elliott Campbell; her granddaughter, Kristina Ann Campbell; her brothers, Walter, Charles, William and Harry McDonald; her brothers-in-law, Carl Nelson, and Vinton Campbell; and her sister-in-law, Mildred McDonald.