Campbell, John Robert ‘Bob’

husband of Margaret Eloise(Treaster)

Burial Date: 2014,  03/08            Age:86       Lot: 1148 C

Birth:	Aug. 6, 1927 Dalton Wayne County Ohio, USA
Death:	Mar. 5, 2014 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
NAME: J. Robert Campbell AGE: 86 DATE OF DEATH: March 5, 2014 PLACE OF DEATH: Sterling Presbyterian Manor DATE OF BIRTH: August 6, 1927 PLACE OF BIRTH: Dalton, Ohio PARENTS: Daniel Cavitt and Alice (Pinnock) Campbell RESIDENCE: Sterling since 1993 OCCUPATION: Upon graduating he worked for Monsanto Chemical Company for 12 years as a research chemist. His work produced 15 US Patents and 6 scientific publications. From there he moved into higher education where he served for 15 years as an administrator at Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri, Midwestern University of Wichita Falls, Texas and the College of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas. He was then called to the presidency of The Presbyterian Lay Committee, Springfield, Pennsylvania for 14 years. Over the course of these years, he served on many boards and committees in his professions, communities, and churches. He was very active in the Presbyterian Churches where he lived, serving as an Elder, Sunday School teacher, Deacon, choir member & tenor soloist. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Sterling College from 1978 – 1993 and was Chairman of the Board seven of those years. Two years later he was called to serve as Interim President and within two years retired to Trustee Emeritus status. Following his retirement, he participated in volunteer work in Sterling, Rice County and at Sterling College. EDUCATION: He graduated High School at Sparta, IL. in 1945. He then graduated Sterling College in 1949 with a degree in Chemistry. He earned his doctorate in pharmaceutical and organic chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1953. MARRIAGE: On June 8, 1948, he married Margaret Eloise Treaster in the Hopewell United Presbyterian Church near Beloit, Kansas SPOUSE DEATH DATE: Eloise preceded him in death February 15, 2010 SURVIVORS: 3 sons, Barry & wife Pam Campbell, Sterling, KS; Brian & wife Valerie Campbell, Dallas TX; Daniel and wife Kathi Campbell Richmond, VA; Daughter, Lynn & Bob Royer, of Sterling, KS. Grandchildren – Melinda & Jason Thomas of Sterling, Jason and Michelle Royer of Castle Rock, CO., Ian and Connor Campbell of Dallas, Ben, Emma and Abbie Campbell of Richmond, VA.; Six great-grandsons – Cale, Bryson & Easton Thomas & Jayden, Blake and Keeghan Royer. PRAISE SERVICE: will be held 11:00 am, Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Sterling United Methodist Church. OFFICIATING: Pastors Kendal Connor & Glenn Chambers BURIAL: Private family burial at Sterling Community Cemetery will proceed the Praise Service. VISITATION: 2:00-7:00 pm, Friday, March 7, 2014, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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