Colis F. Campbell

Colis F. Campbell, 88, of Kearney, died January 5, 2015 at Prairie View Gardens in Kearney. Funeral services will be Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Kearney Church of Christ with Pastor Greg Clark officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, January 11, 2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney and one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Memorials are suggested to the York College. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney are in charge of the arrangements. Colis Foy Campbell, the son of Emmet and Ethel Campbell, was born January 29, 1926 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. On January 5, 2015, in Kearney, NE, at the age of 88, Colis departed this earth to be reunited with his wife, Dolores Campbell. They met at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas and were married June 7, 1945, in Philadelphia, PA. Colis lived a long life, which included many different jobs, all revolving around his faith and the desire to serve others. Colis and Dolores’s travels took them to Japan for eight years where they served as missionaries. Colis made ministry and teaching his life’s work. He and Dolores spent two years in Columbia, Missouri and 17 years at York College in York, Nebraska. Colis’s work also took them to Robstown, TX; Acuff, TX; Ramona, OK; and Kearney, NE. The couple retired to Kimberling City, MO and later moved back to Nebraska to be near family and friends. Colis wore many hats throughout his life and influenced many people. During his 17 years as a coach at York College, he impacted the lives of a multitude of student athletes. In 2012, Colis Campbell was the first inductee into the York College Hall of Fame. The year 2012 also marked the opening of the Campbell Activity Center, built in honor of the work of both Colis and Dolores. Colis will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, and mentor to those that he has left behind. He was a strong and faithful Christian and he shared a great many lessons with countless people over his lifetime. He presided over the weddings of four of his grandchildren. Those are memories that the families will always share and cherish. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Lenore Smith, Lois Campbell, and Mona Belle Campbell; son-in-law, Kenneth Melott; and great-grandson, Alexander Colis Edwards. Survivors include his daughters, Betty Lou Knowles and husband, Jim, of Denton, TX and Pattie Sue Edwards and husband, Dennis, of Kearney, NE; grandchildren, Lonnie Kenneth Melott, Lucas Campbell Melott, wife, Ashley, and children, Campbell Kenneth, Caiden Davis and Channing Lynn, Clinton Lee Edwards and wife, Vickie, and children, Eve Caroline and Jack Dennis, Clayton Edwards and wife, Rochelle, and children, Samantha Leigh and Gabriel Alexander, Abigail Kendall Edwards and daughter, Dominique Ray, Jake Thomas Edwards and wife, Aspen, and children, Zane Lee and Imani Paige, and McKinney David Edwards; brother Coy Campbell and wife Norma Jean of Prescott, AZ, sister Norma Lee Brackett of Oneonta, NY; many other extended family and a host of friends. PDF Printable Version

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Colis F. Campbell

January 5, 2015 - January 5, 2015