Donald LeRoy CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, LEMKE, HOLLIS, GUTH, DADISMAN, MAYNARD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/4/2014 at 12:11:52

November 3, 1928 ---- May 1, 2014

KLEMME -- Donald LeRoy Campbell, 85 of Klemme died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Concord Care Center in Garner. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, at United Methodist Church in Britt with Pastor Bob Dodge officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 5, at Andrews Funeral Home in Klemme, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Internment will be at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme.

Don was born Nov. 3, 1928, in Alden, the son of Wendell LeRoy and Esther Rosinda (Lemke) Campbell. He graduated from Iowa Falls High School and Ellsworth Community College and Simpson College. He went on to earn a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. While there, he met and married Dora Dalli Hollis from Guadalajara, Mexico. They were married at Popejoy Methodist Church in Popejoy on Sept. 3, 1956. After their graduation from seminary, Don and Dora served in Stanwood for 18 months while they waited their assignment to the mission field. They then served in Puerto Rico for 12 years where Don established the Iglesia Metodista Obispo Corson (Obispo Corson Methodist Church) in Ponce.

After returning from the mission field, Don and Dora served these churches in Iowa: Klemme-Goodell and Muscatine — establishing the Hispanic Ministry in Muscatine; Letts, Carlisle and Tingley-Ellston-Wisher Chapel. They retired in Klemme where they worked to establish a Hispanic church in the Britt-Kanawha-Corwith area.

Don, who had a rural background, enjoyed serving people in the many rural country churches throughout his ministry. His greatest desire was to see people come to Christ and have a personal relationship with Him. He was a humble, kindhearted man who enjoyed helping people. He loved hunting and fishing and was an avid gardener. In his "retirement" he intertwined his hobbies with the ministry by teaching the Hispanics the joys of gardening, fishing with them, and going hunting for pheasants.

Throughout his pastorate, Don and Dora enjoyed traveling, especially their trips to their children's homes where Don would take time to fish, fly kites, or attend camp with his grandchildren. Don was a fun-loving dad and granddad. He would do such crazy things such as water ski when he was in his 60s and jump on the trampoline in his 70s just to have fun with his children and grandchildren. He grew up appreciating music and continued that by marrying Dora who was trained in voice performance. In his last days, Don enjoyed hearing his daughters sing many of his favorite hymns and choruses.

Don is survived by his wife, Dora, of 57 years, daughters, Margaret (Dennis) Guth of Klemme; Cindy (Byron) Maynard of Jackson, Mich.; Susan (Jeff) Dadisman of Maquoketa; son, Dan (Regina) Campbell, Byram, Miss.; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; his sister-in-law, Amy Campbell, two nieces and a nephew, as well as several great-nieces and one great-nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Marvin Campbell; and grandson Joshua Dadisman.

Memorials may be given to the Mission Nueva Vida (Mission New Life Hispanic Church, Corwith) or to Trinity Mission Center (Dan Campbell's Hispanic Church, Miss.). Andrews Funeral Homes.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
May 4, 2014