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Larry E. Campbell

Written on February 1, 2016 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Obituaries Archive 2016, Wabash County

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Larry E. CampbellLarry E. Campbell, 74, of rural Wabash, died at 11:40 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at his home.

He was born April 17, 1941, in Wabash County, to Hugh D. and Rosea (Reed) Campbell.

Larry attended Noble High School. He married Nancy Kratzer at the Roann Christian Church on Sept. 1, 1962. He retired from Chrysler in Kokomo, on May 31, 1997, after 30 years, and also owned and operated Campbell’s Pumpkin Patch, in Wabash, 24 years.

After retirement, he worked on a golf course in Fort Pierce, Fla., where he and his wife wintered. Larry was a member of Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church in Wabash. He enjoyed golfing, gardening, camping, spending time watching the deer on his property and vacationing on a houseboat with his family. He was a huge Indiana University Basketball, Indianapolis Colts and Notre Dame Football fan. Larry had a great love of chocolate, which he shared with his mother.

He is survived by his wife: Nancy Campbell, Wabash; his mother: Rosea Campbell, Wabash; three children: Lisa (Mike) Dever, Windfall; Elizabeth (Michael) Sanders, Converse;Chris (Debbie Boyles) Campbell, Kokomo; five grandchildren: Travis (Samantha) Harding and Lauren (Chris Dugdale) Dever, both of Windfall; Barkey (Karl) Klaiber, Syracuse, N.Y.; Jessica (Nathan Campbell) Sanders and Kaleb Sanders, both of Converse; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Joanna (Philip) Marsh and Judy Rhoades, both of Wabash.

He was preceded in death by his father; and his brother: Stephen Campbell.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with Pastor Terry Hinds and Mike Dever officiating. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church.

 

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