Dotsy Estella (Bell) Bisgrove Tesdahl Campbell (1895-1983)

BELL, BISGROVE, CAMPBELL, JACOBS, LETTOW, QUICK, SEBERT, TESDAHL, WOODLEY

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:03

Funeral services for Mrs. Estella Bisgrove Campbell were held from the Chapel of the Eyler-Willim Funeral Home on Thursday, February 3, 1983 at 10:30 a. m. Rev. David Saunders officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Campbell died at the Belmond Nursing Home on Monday at the age of 87. She had been a resident of the home since September of 1975.

Mrs. Robert McCool was the organist and Mrs. Duane Strempke the soloist. Bearers were: Steve Quick, Rodney Sebert, Everett Lettow, Gary Woodley, Donald and Burdette Bell. Jr.

Estella was born in Wright County on February 27, 1895 and was the daughter of James and Eleaner R. Jacobs Bell. She was reared and education in the Clarion area. Her first marriage was to Floid J. Bisgrove on September 12, 1917 and they farmed after their marriage. He died in 1938. She married Henry Tesdahl on January 16, 1944 and he died in 1963. Her third marriage was to Roscoe Campbell on May 16, 1965 and he died in 1975.

She is survived by three children, Mrs. (Phyllis) Woodley, Cleo Bisgrove and Wilbur (Ila Mae) Sebert all of Clarion; five grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, and several step grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her parents, husbands, a brother and a grandson. Robert Bisgrove, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Campbell was a life member of the United Presbyterian Church.

The Wright County Monitor
Clarion, Iowa
Thursday, February 10, 1983
Page 2, Columns 3, 4