Wayne Campbell Obituary

To a friend I still think of you now and then, miss you.

It is hard to believe that Wayne has been gone 16 years. He was one special person to everyone and we still miss him dearly.
Wayne, I hope you are behaving in Heaven. I know you are. You are such a Gentleman. Say "Hi" to all our relatives in Heaven. Till we meet again.

Ginny

Uncle Wayne,
It's tough to find words just right to explain the loss I feel. You are an example to us all on how to live a good life, and too leave a legacy that will indure far beyond our days. I have so many fond memories of visiting you, Aunt Pat, Scott, Brandy and Misty at the trailer, the house, and family events. You always had a smile, and it was always clear that family came first...I've always been honored to have you as my uncle. You will never be forgotten..ever.

- Steven Campbell

Uncle wayne,
I can't believe it has been a year since you left to be with the lord. I'm sad and miss you, but I know your in a good place and we will see each other again. I hope I made you proud by going into law enforcement. Please watch over Pat and your family along with my dad. Until we meet again...love and miss you.

Hather ( your george)

Honey, I'm still finding it so hard to believe that you have been gone a year. My life has had many changes in that time but it is still hard for me to know that you aren't here to help me make some of them. Sometimes I think you are going to walk through that door at any time but then it hits me you are really gone and won't be back. I still don't want to believe that you are gone. The hardest part of you going is that I never really got to say good bye that still haunts me so much that I find myself telling you all the time how much I love you and miss you and wish that we could of had at least a chance to say good bye. I thank God that we had so many years together and for the wonderful family that we have. All our friends are also missing you so much. Well honey this is only bye until we meet again.
Your Loving Wiff(Wife)
Pat

T o my deeply missed Uncle Wayne, I cannot believe it has been an entire year since you left us, and I think about you and the whole family alot. After you passed, I decided to move back home sooner so I could be nearer to your brother and my father. You are very missed and I cherish the wonderful memories I have of you. My dad tells my kids, husband and I about all the adventures to two of you had growing up and it helps to take away the sadness. All my love, your neice Erin.

Grandpa, I miss you everyday and think about you every time I watch the cubs. They really would have disappointed you this year. Your impact on all of our lives is felt everyday and I can't put into words how large the void is where you belong. Until we meet again pop pop, I love you.

WAYNE Your my brother and best friend .The words " No farewells were spoken, no time for goodbye , you were gone before we knew it, and only GOD knows why " only come close to how we feel.You were always there when i needed a friend .And you will be deeply missed. Your Brother and friend Brian

Well Wayne we put it off till the last few days of the guest Book signing as if you never left us. Just wishing you are still just out in Vegas, but we really know better. Especially since you didn't come into Chicago and stay with us to play some Mau-Mau and be that special partner of mine who was always the Champ. I'm sure you know that your chair still waits for you.
We shared some great fun times that are greatly missed to this day and I am sure till we join you again and roar with laughter thinking of the time you cut up all Clubs in the deck, or Shar and mine upside down kiss. We can't have a card game without talking and thinking of you till this day. You will always be in our hearts and minds forever. The sadness when you moved to Vegas was hard to take but not near as hard as never sharing time together with our wives and always enjoying it. For now Wayne may you rest but be prepared at that table when we meet again and say Mau-Mau!!!!!!
PS: I bet you are rolling over on this election!!
AND THANKS so much for looking out for Sharon and her family until I could step in and happily relieve you of that "awesome" burden. We love you!!!!!!!!

Honey,
Well I can't believe it is almost 1 year since I lost you, my heart is still broken and I feel like it was only yesterday that I lost you. My life has been turned upside down and inside out since I lost you. I try so hard to be strong and sometimes I am but it is so hard for me to find the strength when I know that you are not here to give me the support I need. The only thing I know for sure is that you are not in pain any more or suffering that helps ease my pain a little but I still miss you so much. Untill we meet again all my love, your wife

still miss ya, the next card game will be in your honor. tod

I can't believe it is almost a year. It was such a shock to us when you left us. We hope that the lord is watching over Pat. I promise that in the next week I will tip back an ice cold Heiniken in your honor. We really miss you!

Wayne; I didn't know you for very long , but you touched my heart, I so wished that you and my husband Joe could have meet but I guess it wasn't ment to be. I will try and watch over Pat for you as much as I can. She will always have you in her heart and mind. You are very much missed.

Well honey you have been gone almost one year and I still can't believe it. I read the following and it is how I feel,

If tears could build a stairway,
And memories were a lane,
I would walk up to Heaven
To bring you home again.
No farewell's were spoken,
No time for goodbye,
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.
My heart still aches in sadness,
And secert tears will flow,
What is meant to lose you,
No none will ever know.


This my dearest Wayne is how I feel
I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again if I could you are missed by so many that love you, but none as much as I miss you. My life is full but there is still that empty feeling I have every time I walk into our house and your not hear. I wish there would of been time for a good bye but I guess God knew what was right for us even through I don't think I will ever understand it.Well baby I guess I should go before the tears start to fall like they do so often when my heart and arms ach for you. As you would of started this I will end it that way
Time a upon a once a my true love was with me now lives with in my heart.
Your loving Wiff

Hi Honey,
Well it so hard to believe that you have been gone for 9 months it just feels like yesterday that I woke up and you were gone. My life is so empty with out you, I'm going on because I know that is what you would want me to do, sometimes I feel guilty about having fun but then I realize that is what you would want me to do. This house is so empty without your voice and the little things that you use to do,like tickleing me and other things that made me laugh, I truly miss that so much. I heard from Kevin today and he is going out to visit you and take a message to you from me, It is something that I always tell you every day that I love you and miss you. Well baby the teaars are building up and I can't see to type any more so for now I'll close just know that I miss you so much and love you.
Love Always & Forever,
Wiff

Hi Honey,
Well it has been 4 months today since I lost the love of my life. I'm trying to move on but it has been so hard and I know that you are always with me in my heart and watching over me. I have some many unanswered question about why you had to leave me and I feel so bad that we didn't get a chance to have a real good bye. My heart is broken in half without you because you took half with you. I know that someday we will meet again and I hope that you are at peace and feel no more pain that would be my one wish for you execpt that I would wish that you were still with me.
I have had so many people tell me that they miss you and how much you have meant to them and knowing you was a great joy to them. Well it is time for me to go before I start to cry and flood the computer with tears. I will always love you and you will always in my heart.
As you have always called me Wiff and I have always said to you love always and forever.

Hi Honey,
I'm back again. Well it is almost Christmas and I'm with the family but it sure won't be the same without you. Misti is teasing my about spending she said she has to becasue you aren't here to do it but it was you that always went wild at Christmas time. I can't believe it is almost 2 months since we lost you my heart is still aching so much my nights are so empty without you I can't believe how much I depened on you. There are so many things I took for granted that you did that I now have to do or have someone help me do, I don't think I ever said thank you, I know it is to late but I'm saying it now thank you for everything that you did for me and our family.I know I'm lost without you and I think everyone else is also. Well honey I guess I should go but I just wanted to say I love you and I miss you so much and I still can't believe that I have to go on without you. I know that you are watching over me and the rest of your loved ones. I also know that you are not in pain any more and that I'm glad for but not that I have lost you.
Your loving wiff (Wife)
Pat

Hi Wayhe, I can't tell you how much I miss you and how much you are always on my mind every minute of the day and night. I hope that you hear me asking for you to show me the way to go and what to do next. Your death was so sudden that it just took us all by surprise, our children have been so good to me, and so have our friends. I'm going back home on Friday which is going to be so very hard to do, so honey please help me enter the house that we both loved and had so many good times in. I still feel like this is a really bad dream but I know it isn't and when I look around I know that you are really gone, so I'm asking you for your help to get me through the rest of what I have to do. I was not ready to let you go, I hope you know that I loved you so much. Well my darling it is time for me to go but just know one thing you are never out of my thoughts or my heart. I love you.
Ypur Loving Wife

Pat & Family,
My heart breaks for you all I was so shocked to hear the sad news. I know how much you all loved Wayne (Your Husband /Father) Keep those great memories alive in your heart and Wayne will always be with you , He is no longer going to suffer or be sad he will rejoice in the Lord. Keep your faith strong God will see you all through this. There is never anything anyone can say to take away your pain. Time will make it easier for you all. Trust in the lord and know Wayne is happy and waiting till he sees you all again. God Bless Pat I love you my friend and if I can do anything please let me know. I am so glad you have your family and those Babies will get you through anything :) In Christ Name
Ruth

Hi Honey, I made a mistake in my last one I said a week but it has been 2,I can't believe that. Well we had your Veterans Service today and it was really something. All of your family was there and our close friends. People keep telling me that I have strength to handle things and to go on but you were my strength, my love, my best friend and so much more. I guess you will have to give me a little push in the right direction to find the strength and courage to go on.
Today was very hard to say good bye to you but I know you will always be with me in my heart and in our kids and grandkids when I look at them. So honey just know one thing that I will always love you.
Love always &
Forever,
Pat

to the Real World's Greatest Grandpa,
Its still a shock every time I think of you not being here. I remember countless times on the livingroom couch playing beauty shop on your hair, and getting attacked by Claws. I remmeber you always asked to make sure we had our undershirts on so that we wouldnt get sick, and that we washed our hands. You were so caring and fun, I feel for those who never got the chance to know you. You've done so much for Cassie and me, and I don't think I've ever told you how much I appreciate you. You are the one man I have ever known as an example of what a real man is supposed to be for your family, and your love for Grandma was so obvious. I hope to have even half of what you have for eachother someday
It's hard, but I know that you have shown this family how to be strong, and strong is what we'll be, together.
I love you so much Grandpa
Stay out of trouble up there!
Love Always, Jessica

Hi Honey, Well it has been one week since I lost you and I'm still trying to find my way without you at my side, it so hard we shared a love so very strong that I know even death it will not be broken. For so many years I have said the following prayer for you and I find myself still saying it:
Heavenly Father up above please protect the one I love, no matter where my love maybe my heart is locked he holds the key, of all the men for me to choice your the one I hate to lose,even though your gone a half a block it seems like a mile. Jesus Watch over him and keep him safe,
I find myself still saying that at night when I go to bed, I can never find another you and I don't want to. I just wish I could of held you one more time before you left me, I know I said goodbye before they took you away but that just didn't feel right, I miss you and I know will be ok but it will take a long time for me to heal. Well darling just know that my love is with you. Watch over the family and help us to get through life without you

Love Always &
Forever,
Pat (Wiff)

To Pat and Wayne

Words can't describe the loss you (Pat) must be feeling, for we miss him very much too. Wayne was always there for anyone, whether it was on the job and you needed a back up, or in life when you needed a back up. I will always be grateful for the times that I was granted with Wayne or Pat. I only hope now that God will again grant me more time in heaven to be with Wayne, and I know Pat will be there. Wayne "thanks for everything"

I am at a loss of words. I am so sorry ---and that is just not enough. The leadership and love he shared go without needing to tell because anyone who knows the family knows he has been important to many people.I wish that I could change your pain-but then what would prove-he should be missed and mourned-and he is already. Everyone says I'm sorry and we know how you feel... there is truth to that, but we are all different in the sence that our relationships and special moment are only ours. I pray that all of you can hold on to that moment and make it a reality in the kids life. Wayne was very much in love with the family and now the love will come our in little futures...becoming big leaders. He will be missed, and we will be here to help to teach the little Waynes of the world how to be the superhero that their GRANDPA will always be. Time won't help but it changes......and I pray that your family can transition in and out with the grace that the Campbell family has always had. You are special people and are in my prayers. Have faith that God knows what He is doing...if you look in your past your faith has always been there and I know that your faith is in your future, rely on it and know you are loved.
I am only one call away....

When I was a little girl I thought of my dad as a super hero. He'd go to work every day and fight crime, get the bad guys off the street and make the world a safer place. Now that I am grown up I know my dad was a super hero. He provided for his family, sometimes working extra jobs to do so, he was supportive and loving to both family and friends, he always did the right thing and I never heard him complain. There are so many things I will miss about my dad, the glint of mischief in his eyes,his generosity,his wisdom, just knowing he was a phone call away if ever I needed anything. I will cherish all the memories I have espically watching him play with my children. I am so thankful to God that he chose me to be Wayne Campbell's daughter and that I got to have him in my life for 30 years.

Misti Campbell Doty

My Dear Friend Pat. You and I have been friends for many years although we have'nt seen each other in a long time I still consider you and your family a part of my life.. You had a great and loving husband,, I am so sorry for your loss.. Wayne entered into heaven and is holding hands with Jesus.. May he rest in Peace and he will be watching over you and your family always..
May God shower you and your family with His Loving, Healing and Comforting Blessings, yours in Christ your friend Toni Sawicki

Wayne,
I am trying to move on, thanks to our kids, their spouses and our two oldes gradnddaughters they have helped me so much I don't know what I would of done with out them.
The littest grand kids make me laugh and that really helps alot. Today is Brendan 1st birthday, wow he is 1 that is so hard to believe but at least you got to see your first grandson and I know that you will watch over the rest all os us.
I can't tell you how lonesome I am but I know that you are in a better place and you will not have to suffer any more.
Well as you know I loved you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck, and more then that.
You were very well liked as it showed at your wake.
Darling, I will miss you always and forever and love you that long.
Your Loving Wife,
Pat

To the greatest man I have ever known, my hero, my role model, my grandfather. I am sorrowful because my younger sisters and cousins will never have the opportunity to spend the many hours Jes and I were graced to spend with you. You changed the lives of everyone you met, especially those of your wife, your children, and your grandchildren. We will all be lost without you. We'll miss you grandpa. Time upon a once-a, the world lost a great man. Love you.

Dear Pat and the whole Campbell Clan,
Words cannot express the deep loss we are all feeling. We must all find peace in the fact that Wayne was such a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend. He was fun to be around and we will all miss him dearly. Our love and prayers to all of you.
Love, Ginny and Mike

I received this message from Cousins Lyn and Eric.

Thanks for letting me know about cousin Wayne. I am thankful we were able to have a wonderful visit with him and Pat in January and will keep that memory close to my heart. It is somewhat reassuring to me when loved ones die peacefully in their sleep. I can only hope to be so lucky! Please take care and give our best to everyone. Love, Lyn

To Pat @ Family,
Your husband/father was the only true partner that I ever had on the Police Department. I am the way I am because of your husband/father's dedication and love for the department and each of his recruits. I will truely miss his freindship and guidence that he has always given me. I had a great deal of respect for him and what he did for me. I will miss him everyday of my life and will never forget him and what he taught me even in death. Please stay in touch if you ever need anything please call. Thank You for everything

Pat & Family,
Al & I were saddened to hear of Wayne's passing. He was both a great partner and friend to Al. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Al & Joanne Graf

I could not have asked for a better Uncle. He always made me laugh and was an inspiration to my father. After my grandfather passed Uncle Wayne looked after my dad and gave him the tools to become a wonderful father and grandfather. I feel blessed to be his niece and my heart goes out to my Aunt Pat and cousins at this difficult time. I love you Uncle Wayne.

Wayne was an inspiration to me in my career with the CPD as well as in my personal life. He was always willing to help without question, was loyal, filled with integrity, and the personification of the Real Police. He was the best policeman I ever worked with, a great friend, and his love for his family was a topic that he could go on about forever. The good times I worked and played with him will remain cherished memories.

My darling husband I will miss more then these words can express I can't thank you enough for all the years we shared and the three beautful children we had,plus all of our wonderfull grandchilden who will miss you, espically Cassie and Jessica, Our life together was full of love and sharing, caring. I am going to miss you so much. I know that you are at peace and won't have to suffer any more. You took the light out of my life when you left me but I guess God needed you. I know it will take me some time to adjust to a new life without you but I know that you are with me all the time. Again darling I love you and I will miss you so much.
Your loving
Wiff(wife)
Pat

Wayne, You were a great partner and a dear friend. The memories of working together on Beat 941 will always be treasured. I learned so very much from you, not just about police work but about life. Even now after you have been retired a few years, The Chicago Police Department is a better and a safer place as you have taught so many young officers how to handle this job in a professional and safe manner. Your teaching is not something that ends with your retirement or passing, your legendary style of policing contines to be passed on to new generations of young officers. It's true, you were a policeman's policeman but you were also a wonderful husband, father and friend.
So until we meet again Partner, Rest in Peace, I will miss you.
Janie

Wayne was a dear friend. We shared many great times bowling together. Even though I had not seen you in a few years, my world now has a hollow feeling in it knowing that you are no longer with us. You will be missed dearly.

When I think of Wayne Campbell, I think of a mentor, a leader, a man so respected by his peers. Rookies, veterans and supervisors alike would come to Wayne for advice. On the street, the man was fearless, and always took the time to check and make sure I was OK on street stops. He would get out of the car with that infamous cannon strap to his side. Boy, what a sight. I wonder now, if he had any idea how much that meant to me. Safety was always a priority with Wayne. His high enthusiasm and love for the job was obvious. He was truely "Old School," and easily rubbed off on me. He was what I always thought a Chicago Cop should be. I was proud to have worked along side of him. When he retired, he was dearly missed by many. When you are a new policeman, you take note of the so-called "Salty Veterans" and steer clear of them. But Wayne Campbell always had a smile and a hardy hello as he would pass you in the hallways of the 009th Dist. No matter how busy he was with his recruits he was always available to answer job related questions from us rookies. Wayne was the calming effect in the storm. In the years that would pass, these officers would still find themseves drawn to Wayne. I would just like to say to the Campbell family, that when your Dad/Husband left the house for work for so many years, it was not just for the 1st and the 16th of the month. Wayne Campbell made a huge positive impact on so many of us. Thankyou for sharing him with us. We are all better for it.

Wayne Campbell has always been one of those people who put themselves out there for Family and Friends. His concern about others knew no bounds. Wayne saved me and my family's lives, literaly, on more than one occasion. There are not enough words in our language to express the sort of thanks needed for his help. I will always remember my Good Friend with Love and Admiration. My prayers and Love to his Family. Pamela O'Brien {Horst}

FTO Campbell use to work for me in the 9th Dist. He was a hard worker and a very good trainer.
He liked law enforcement and it showed. He may not have always agreed with you but still did his best at whatever the assignment was. I am proud to have worked w/him. May He Rest In Peace.
Ret Sgt Kirk J Willis