March 29, 2011
Ida Campbell,
formerly of Sapulpa, died peacefully in her sleep on March 22, 2011, in
Carrollton, Texas, at the age of 99. During her final days, Ida’s grandson
Tom Campbell and his wife Sarah and Ida’s granddaughter Julie Heft took
turns sitting by their beloved grandmother’s bedside.
Ida
was born October 14, 1911, in Arcadia, Okla. to Thomas E. Kennedy and Ella
Faulk Kennedy. She was reared in various farming communities in Oklahoma and
graduated from Piedmont High School in 1929. She married Lindsey S. Campbell
on December 24, 1936.
Lindsey Campbell passed on August 1984. Ida was also preceded in death by
her parents, her twin sister Ada, three other sisters, and three brothers.
Ida is
survived by her sons, Eugene Campbell of Dallas and Len Campbell of Sapulpa;
and three grandchildren, Tom Campbell of Keller, Texas, Julie Heft of
Frisco, Texas, Lindsey Moore of Tulsa, Okla. Other survivors include six
great-grandsons, Jamie Wright, Jacob Wright, Alec Heft, Geoffrey Campbell,
Seth Campbell, and Spencer Moore. She also leaves behind numerous nieces and
nephews.
Ida
was awarded a bachelors degree in elementary education from Central State
College and a masters from Oklahoma University. She taught elementary school
for more than thirty years, 25 of them in Sapulpa Public Schools.
Ida
was active in the First Baptist Church of Sapulpa, where, as director of the
nursery, she cared for babies for almost 50 years. Ida was among the
earliest participants in summer camps at Falls Creek, a place she held
especially dear, and she loved the songs in the Baptist hymnal. Her favorite
reading materials were her Bible and the Baptist Messenger.
Ida
was an OEA Life Member, a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teacher
Association, the NEA, Creek County Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gamma
(Alpha Omega Chapter), and Kappa Kappa Iota (PSI Conclave), and the Lady
Lions. She also served in the Women’s Auxiliary of Bartlett of Bartlett
Memorial Hospital (Pink Lady), and in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
A
memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at First
Baptist Church in Sapulpa. Her internment will be private. Donations in her
memory may be made to the Children’s Ministry of First Baptist Church in
Sapulpa.
The
family has entrusted the care of the services to the directors at Green
Hill. Interment Green Hill Memorial
Gardens.