CAMPNEY, Walter E.

CAMPNEY, THOMPSON, MINER, CARVER, BRUNS, STEVENS, DAMMAN, COLE, DAVIS, BUSCHER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/8/2018 at 11:02:12

Obituary ~ Walter E. Campney
April 04, 1910 ~ January 02, 2003

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, January 06, 2003

CLEAR LAKE -- Walter E. Campney, 92, died Thursday (Jan. 2, 2003) at the IOOF Home in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the United Methodist Church, 508 Second Ave N., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Jan Burnett and Rev. Rebecca Campney Carver officiating. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m. at the East Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Algona. Visitation was held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Dean Schlapia from Algona conducted the Masonic service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Walter Campney Memorial Fund.

Walter was born April 4, 1910, in Rolfe, Iowa, the son of Oliver Arthur and Mable (Thompson) Campney. He attended school from first grade through high school at Plover, Iowa, and then went to Iowa State University for one quarter, but had to leave to help his father on the farm.

In June of 1933, Walter married E. Lorraine Thompson. To this union two sons, Richard and Arthur, were born.

Walter was a farmer and a dairyman. He was also very active in helping other people. He was on the board of Midwest Breeders for 23 years and a board member of the Burt Iowa Elevator for 24 years. Walter also taught Sunday school.

His first wife died in September of 1971, and on August 6, 1972, Walter married Gladys Miner.

Walter was ready to retire and move to Clear Lake, where he thought he would be just a number, but he got involved at the Mason City Senior Center and was on the board of directors for three years. He taught macramé for two years at the center. He organized bus tours for the Senior Center and many trips were taken. He also was the president of AARP for two years. Walter was the Senior Citizen of the Year in 1980 for Cerro Gordo County. In 1981 he was on the building board of the Clear Lake Senior Center. A building was bought and remodeled, and congregate meals were started.

Walter was a life member of the Methodist Church, a 50-year-plus member of the Masons and Eastern Star. He was also a member of Odd Fellows, Moose Lodge, Rebekahs, Senior Citizens of Clear Lake, Evening Lions Club, life member of the International Lions Clubs and the R.S.V.P. volunteer program. He was very active until his health failed.

Walter and Gladys loved to dance and attended three to five dances a week until Walter developed a tumor on his brain.

Walter is survived by his son, Richard Campney and his wife, Elaine; two grandchildren, Benjamin Campney and the Rev. Rebecca Campney Carver and her husband, Phil; a daughter-in-law, JoAnn Campney; great-grandchild Joel Carver; two step-daughters, Arlene Bruns and JoAnn Stevens and their families; three step-grandchildren, Lori Damman and her husband, Steve, Kevin Cole and his wife, Cherie, and Tim Cole; six step great-grandchildren; two step great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Beulah Davis, Algona, and Clarice Buscher and her husband, John, Mesa, Ariz.; and a brother, Harold Campney, Spirit Lake.

Walter was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, E. Lorraine in 1971; his second wife, Gladys in 1999; his son, the Rev. Arthur Campney on Jan 25, 1984; and his granddaughter, Martha, the seven-year-old daughter of Arthur, killed in an automobile accident in 1974.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (641) 357-2193

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2018