Earlene Campbell

Click Here To View Memorial Video Earlene Isom Campbell, 89, of Idaho Falls, quietly passed away on April 12, 2014, at home in the care of her loving family. Earlene was born in Hurricane, Utah, on September 26, 1924, to Andrew N. Isom and Jacosa D. Burke Isom. Her family moved to the Osgood area when Earlene was 2½ years old, where she grew up and attended schools. After graduating from Idaho Falls High School, Earlene joined the Marine Corps and served as a Corporal from 1944 to 1946, during World War II. Earlene returned home to Idaho Falls after serving in the military. She worked in many food service areas over the years, including running her own café for a few years, it was the "Turf Café "and was located in the downtown Idaho Falls area. In her later years she worked as a chef and baker for Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, from which she retired. Earlene has always been a great cook and baker. She enjoyed making candies, cakes, cookies and anything else she could make, and then she would share her wonderful creations with others and her family - but her greatest joy came from serving in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple for many years. Earlene's talents also included sewing, canning and gardening. Earlene always had a warm hug and smile for everyone she met. Earlene married Ray Albert Campbell April 29, 1958, and December 17, 1966, they solemnized their marriage for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Together they served a 12-month LDS mission from 1991 to 1992 at the Idaho Falls Bishops’ Store House. Earlene has served in many areas of the church, but her favorite was serving in the library. Earlene is preceded in death by her husband, Ray Albert Campbell, her parents and several siblings. She is survived by her children; Carole Jo (Terry) Dutton, Dianna Lynn (Brent) Russell, Sandra Dee Knoelk, Ray A. Campbell Jr., all of Idaho Falls, Michael Craig (Sharon) Campbell of Burley, Idaho, and Elana Rae (Ralph) Garcia of Ventura, California. Her legacy includes seventeen grandchildren, twenty six great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 2014, at the Idaho Falls LDS Coltman Ward on the Lewisville Highway, 12448 North Fifth East. The family will visit with friends Friday from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue, and Saturday for one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be in the Ammon Cemetery in Ammon, Idaho, following the services. Military Rites will be performed by the Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team, the Idaho Honor Guard, and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter 13-5. The family would like to thank the Access Hospice group for the loving manner in which they helped serve their Mother.

Funeral Services will be held

11:00 a.m. ,Saturday, April 19, 2014 Idaho Falls LDS Coltman Ward 12448 North 5th East Idaho Falls, ID 83401 Notes: The family will visit with friends on Friday, April 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, and on Saturday from 10-10:45 prior to services at the church. Burial in the Ammon Cemetery.