Avis M. Campbell, 85, of Kingsley died Tuesday, December 23, 1997, at the Kingsley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services were held at the United Methodist Church in Kingsley, with Darla Rock officiating. Burial followed in the Kingsley Cemetery under direction of the Earnest-Michaelson Funeral Home in Kingsley. Mrs. Campbell was born February 9, 1912, in Clark, South Dakota, the daughter of Henry and Estella (Davis) Grubb. She was raised in the Kingsley area and graduated from Kingsley High School in 1929. She married Haswell Campbell October 29 1933, in Elk Point, South Dakota. The couple farmed near Kingsley until 1950 when they moved into Kingsley. She was employed at Joe Aker's Cafe until purchasing it in the mid 1960s. She retired from Campbell's Cafe in 1973. She then worked at Colonial Manor Nursing Home and Clay's Drive-Inn, both in Kingsley, as a cook for three years. Her husband died December 20, 1981. She was a member of Kingsley United Methodist Church, a past president of the Rebekah Lodge, past president of Kingsley Historical Society and the Senior Citizens. She was a cancer survivor. Survivors include a son and his wife, Jerry and Shirley of Pierson, Iowa; a daughter and her husband, Karen and Jerry Ray of Largo, Florida; nine grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two sisters and their husbands, Lois and August Kowalski of Sioux City and Nola and Harold Heeney of South Sioux City; a brother and his wife, Arlo and Audrey Grubb of Kingsley; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Lowell and Arvin Grubb; a sister, Nona Ideker; and a grandson, Russell Campbell.
Avis M. Campbell, 85, of Kingsley died Tuesday, December 23, 1997, at the Kingsley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services were held at the United Methodist Church in Kingsley, with Darla Rock officiating. Burial followed in the Kingsley Cemetery under direction of the Earnest-Michaelson Funeral Home in Kingsley. Mrs. Campbell was born February 9, 1912, in Clark, South Dakota, the daughter of Henry and Estella (Davis) Grubb. She was raised in the Kingsley area and graduated from Kingsley High School in 1929. She married Haswell Campbell October 29 1933, in Elk Point, South Dakota. The couple farmed near Kingsley until 1950 when they moved into Kingsley. She was employed at Joe Aker's Cafe until purchasing it in the mid 1960s. She retired from Campbell's Cafe in 1973. She then worked at Colonial Manor Nursing Home and Clay's Drive-Inn, both in Kingsley, as a cook for three years. Her husband died December 20, 1981. She was a member of Kingsley United Methodist Church, a past president of the Rebekah Lodge, past president of Kingsley Historical Society and the Senior Citizens. She was a cancer survivor. Survivors include a son and his wife, Jerry and Shirley of Pierson, Iowa; a daughter and her husband, Karen and Jerry Ray of Largo, Florida; nine grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two sisters and their husbands, Lois and August Kowalski of Sioux City and Nola and Harold Heeney of South Sioux City; a brother and his wife, Arlo and Audrey Grubb of Kingsley; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Lowell and Arvin Grubb; a sister, Nona Ideker; and a grandson, Russell Campbell.
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