Pleasant View Cemetery, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

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William Donald Campbell

© Enid News and Eagle

01-15-2019
Submitted by: Glenn

A memorial service to celebrate the life of William Donald (Donnie) Campbell, Jr., will be held at the Jet Methodist Church, Friday, January 18, at 10:00, with Pastor Lisa Anderson officiating. Visitation will be held under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home, Cherokee, on Thursday evening from 5:00 to 7:00. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery.

William Donald (Donnie) Campbell, Jr. was born in Jet, Oklahoma February 11, 1931, to William Donald Campbell, Sr. and Irene (Wilcox) Campbell. He was a graduate of Jet High School where he was active in football, Golden Glove boxing, and F.F.A. He had many successful memories showing Registered Shorthorn cattle from the Campbell herd. His career in showing pigs was short-lived, but he managed to have the prize winning pig at the Tulsa State Fair.

His O.S.U. college career was interrupted when he was called to serve in the U.S. Army on the front lines of the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1954 and came home to marry his long-time sweetheart, Wanda Lee Tucker, a marriage that lasted 66 years. He went on to finish his degree in Animal Husbandry at O.S.U. and began his teaching career at Plains, Kansas, where he also managed a feed lot. Donnie and Wanda returned to Jet where they were blessed with the birth of their only child, Candace, only to be taken from them at the age of 16 in a tragic accident. Donnie taught Vocational Agriculture several years at Jet-Nash Schools before he became engaged in full-time farming and ranching. He continued his farming career until health issues caused his retirement.

He is now in heaven with his precious daughter, Candace. He was also preceded in death by his parents, and two sisters, Myrtle Ellen Shaklee and Donna Marie Smith. Those surviving are his beloved wife, Wanda, sisters Norma (Eddie) Zander, Linda (Larry) Zander, Dixie (Larry) Claflin, and brother Dean (Mary Etta) Campbell and a host of nephews and nieces.

Memorials may be made to Jet Methodist Church or Jet Fire Department.

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