December 09, 1949 - December 10, 2020
The services celebrating and honoring the life of Steven John Campbell, will be held 10:00 A.M. Tuesday December 15, 2020 in the Christ United Methodist Church, with Pastor Kwan Kim officiating buiral will follow in the White Cemetery, Hunter under the didrection of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Steven was born December 9, 1949 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma, to John Monroe and Nora Jane Brandon Campbell, and passed from this life on December 10, 2020 at the age of 71 years.
He was raised on the family farm west of Hunter and attended Hunter Schools, graduating in 1968 as the class valedictorian,. He attended Oklahoma State University, graduating with a degree in agriculture economics in December, 1972. After a breif period of service in the Peace Corp he moved to Enid, Oklahoma. He became a member of Christ United Methodist Church and served as a Youth Director. In 1977, he started farming with his father in Hunter.
In January, 1978 he met Ruth Patton at a Christian singles group. They werer married on July 26, 1980, at Christ United Methodist Church. After living in Enid for three years, they built a house east of Hunter and started a family. Timothy and Eldon made their family complete. He was very proud when his sons both achieved Eagle Scout, aand he also enjoted working with Cub Scouts in
Pond Creek and Lamont. The church was the center of Steve’s life, and he very much enjoyed singing in the choir and teaching Sunday school. He served all of the church committees, and also on the White Cemegtery board as well as being involved with the Hunter Community Center.
Steve was diagnosed in 2009 with Hashimoto’s encaphalopathy, and in August 2020 with advanced lymphoma cancer.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, of the home, sons Timothy of North Enid and Eldon (Jen) of Enid, grandson Colton Campbell, his sister Jo Campbell of Hunter and nephew Adrian Campbell of Norman, as well as special friends Larry and Paula Miller and numberous cousins and friends.
He was predeceased by both parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like memorials be given in his honor to the White Cemetery or Hunter Community Center.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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