Alexander Campbell Obituary

Alexander M. CAMPBELL The Reverend Doctor Alexander M. Campbell, age 97, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2007 in Shoreline, Washington after a distinguished career as an Ordained Minister in the Presbyterian Church and Executive with the Synod. He raised a great family and has forever touched the heart and soul of those he served and those that met him. Born April 8, 1909 in Dell, Quebec, Canada, Reverend Campbell was educated at McGill University, School of Theology in Montreal, Quebec. He earned a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Divinity degree from Whitworth College. As a student pastor in Vancouver, British Columbia, he met and married his beloved Mary I. Kennedy. Their first church was in Morro Bay, California. Subsequent congregations and communities served include churches in Seattle, Omak and Yakima, Washington. For seventeen years, Reverend Campbell was on the staff of the Presbyterian Synod in Alaska and Washington and as Director of Evangelism for the Synod, he supported 232 churches. Reverend Campbell will be greatly missed by his beloved wife of 68 years, Mary; his daughters, Jeannette, Joan and her husband, Stephen Sundberg, Marylin and her husband, Vernon Ferrel; his seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and his nieces, nephews and cousins. A Memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in his home church, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 1315 North 160th Street in Shoreline, WA. The Reverend Randy Butler will officiate. A private Graveside Service was held at Edmonds Memorial Cemetery in Edmonds. Arrangements: Beck's Funeral Home, Edmonds, (425) 771-1234.