Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A memorial service for Barbara R. Campbell will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. Tonna Parsons will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Warner Funeral Home.
Serving as honorary bearers will be her grandchildren: Paige Nelson, Kaylee Nelson, Chance Richter, Jacob Nelson, Matt Mitchell, Casey Mitchell, Alex Wilbur and Kaci Richter. Private interment will take place at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Warner Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements.
Barbara Rae Campbell, the daughter of Charles Roger and Shirley Mae (Masters) Marble, was born on May 11, 1946 in Spencer. Her childhood years were in Spencer where she received her education, graduating from Spencer High School in 1964.
In 1966, Barb married John Wilbur. From this marriage came three children: Jeanna, Jeff and Jen. In March of 1985, she married Burryl Campbell. Burryl and Barb purchased a house in Hartley in 1993 and that is where she resided until her death.
Barb enjoyed many things through the years. One of her favorites was crafting. She loved to make anything and everything. She also crocheted, created projects on plastic canvas, painted ceramics, collected stamps, sewed, made candles, scrapbooked, collected Elvis memorabilia and so much more. In her later years when crafting became difficult, Barb found the Internet. She took her tablet with her everywhere. She loved Facebook and Facebook Messenger and used them often to keep in touch with family and friends.
Barb passed away at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at the age of 75. She was surrounded by her family and Elvis music was playing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Shirley; her in-laws: Hank, Lucy, Bill, Nancy and Gary; her son, Jeff; and her husband of 32 years, Burryl.
She is survived by two daughters: Jeanna (Andy) Wichert, of Altoona; and Jen (Rick) Mitchell, of Sioux City. She also has eight grandchildren who will miss her dearly. Other notable survivors include her brother, Darrell (Barb); brothers-in-law, Bob (Kay) and Jim (Colleen); and the man who will always be her son-in-law, Gary (Nancy) Richter.
