David Lawrence Campbell |
| Posted 2017-05-01 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, April 30, 2017, page 6a David Lawrence Campbell, born May 2, 1930, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2017 in the Green Valley Arizona Hospital. He will be proudly and lovingly missed by all family and friends whose lives he touched. David was born in Salida, Colorado where he graduated from high school and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy before moving to Gunnison, Colorado. There he married Helen Anne Hazard, raised three children and joined his parents in the creation and long term operation of Campbell Cattle Company. He was a successful rancher that operated for over 50 years ranging from Salida, Gunnison, Montrose and Cedaredge, Colorado to Prescott, Arizona and then finally back to Delta, Colorado. His son, William Campbell helped him operate the ranching operation in the tradition that David had helped his father, Colin P. Campbell. He retired in 2014 to live his final years with his daughter, Cheri Coleen Raftery and her family in Green Valley, Arizona. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Helen; his parents, Colin P. Campbell and Luella (Sage) Campbell; siblings, Helen (Campbell) Drake and Norman Campbell. His is remembered lovingly by his three children, Cheri Coleen Raftery, Patricia McClurg and William Campbell; grandchildren Will, Heather & Sara Raftery, Jody Urbanczyk and Amanda Fletcher, Jennifer and Joseph Campbell; great-grandchildren Hunter & Brooke Urbanczyk, Zoey & Adaline Raftery and Kimber Fletcher. The spouses and extended family members also shared in their adoration and admiration for David Campbell. Memorial Services are being planned for mid August in Salida, Colorado at the Fairview Cemetery. Information provided by survivors. |
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