MARY CATHERINE CAMPBELL
MARY CATHERINE CAMPBELL OF ST. LOUIS, MO WAS BORN AT HERCULANEUM, MO ON MAY 5, 1926. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FELIX AND LOIS (BARTON) CAMPBELL. MARY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE IN ST. LOUIS, MO ON NOVEMBER 11, 2000 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY- FOUR YEARS SIX MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, DORIS DICKSON OF PENSACOLA, FL; TWO SISTERS IN LAW, SARA CAMPBELL YARBROUGH OF POTOSI, BETTY CAMPBELL OF WORTHINGTON, OHIO; SPECIAL FRIEND JAY DIFANI OF DESOTO, MO; AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS HOWARD CAMPBELL, RALPH CAMPBELL, FRANK CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL.
MARY CATHERINE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE CLERICAL DEPARTMENT AT THE RAWLINGS SPORTING GOOD MANUFACTURER IN ST. LOUIS, WHICH WAS INFLUENTIAL IN HER ENJOYMENT OF ALL TYPES OF SPORTS, ESPECIALLY MISSOURI TIGER FOOTBALL.
MARY CATHERINE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS AND WAS WELL KNOWN AS A VERY SKILLFUL PIE AND CAKE BAKER, WITH ONE FAVORITE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS BEING HER SPECIAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE.
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A STRONG CIVIC MINDED INDIVIDUAL WHO ALWAYS ENJOYED VIGOROUS DISCUSSIONS, AND COULD DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE. HER LEISURE TIME WAS SPENT EMBROIDERING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FROM 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 12, 2000 AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 8:00 AM ON NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT ST. JAMES CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALVARY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE KEN STANFIELD, JERRY SEABOUGH, JAMES STANFIELD, RALPH FIEBIGER, PHIL CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL.