Dale Emmett Campbell 1915-2012

CAMPBELL ATKINS STECKELBERG

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 9/27/2012 at 12:53:10

Sioux City Journal
September 20, 2012

MAPLETON, Iowa | Dale E. Campbell, 96, of Mapleton passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Mapleton, with the Revs. Don Studley and Harvey Hanson officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion Loren Hollister Post 496 of Mapleton at the church. Burial will be at a later date in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Friday, with the family present 3 to 5 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.

Dale Emmett Campbell was born on Nov. 21, 1915, on a farm near Rouleau, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Leslie Emmet and Carrie (Atkins) Campbell. He lived there until he was 8 years old, when he was sent back to Woodbine, Iowa, to live with his aunt and start school before his parents moved back to Iowa. He went to school through the eighth grade, obtaining his certificate of graduation after taking the eighth-grade exam at the Logan, Iowa, courthouse. He grew up on a farm near Woodbine and in the 1930s the family moved to a farm near Castana, Iowa.

Dale married Madaleine Milda Steckelberg on Oct. 15, 1940, at United Church of Christ in Mapleton. They shared a life of 67 years until Madaleine passed away in 2007, living in the same house in Mapleton for 62 years. They had five children, Vernon Dale, Lana Jean, Roger Alan, Michael Dean, and Linda Kay. Dale served in the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed in the Philippines for most of his tour of duty. Dale was a self-employed dozer (cat-skinner) man. Many of the terraces and dams around the Mapleton area were made by him.

Dale was a member of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Mapleton, having held several offices, and the American Legion Loren Hollister Post 496 in Mapleton. He was a past member of the Mapleton Masonic Lodge and the Shriners.

Dale loved to eat, read, dance, fish, play cards and watch baseball, his favorite teams being the Cardinals and Cubs. He liked watching and listening to Guy Lombardo and Lawrence Welk while enjoying a large bowl of popcorn and a can of Dr. Pepper. In his formative years, he and Madeleine were a fixture at local dances, and he always enjoyed a good fishing trip in the old hoopie. For several years after his retirement he maintained the car wash in Mapleton. Above all, he loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include a daughter, Lana (Marc) Lundt of Cushing, Iowa; a son, Roger (Molly Kinney) Campbell of Bakersfield, Calif.; a daughter-in-law, Karol (Holtorf Campbell) Baldwin of Peoria, Ariz.; a son-in-law, Wayne Hamman of Mapleton; grandchildren, Spencer Campbell and fiancee, Seak Lov and her son, Chase Lov, Marshall Lundt and special friend, Sandy Book and her daughter, Dannie Book, Kayla Lundt, Jennifer (Andy) Reta, Nicholas Campbell, Carrie (Ray) Dirksen, Corey (Amy Bechen) Hamman, and Cody Hamman and fiancee, Emily Benedict; and great-grandchildren, Travis and Britany Campbell, Jack and Colin Reta, Elizabeth and Abigail Dirksen, Chloe and Ali Rose Hamman, and Avery Lundt and one great-grandson due in October.

Dale was preceded in death by his wife, Madeleine; sons, Vernon and Michael; a daughter, Linda; his parents, Leslie and Carrie Campbell; his sister and brother-in-law, Ruth Ann (Campbell) and Lyle Lynn; sister-in-law, Bernadine (Steckelberg) and Earl Jacobs; and brother-in-law, Willis and Violet (Miller) Steckelberg.

Pallbearers will be grandchildren.

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