1917
Mary
2013
Mary Ethel Campbell
July 6, 1917 — January 24, 2013
Mary Ethel “Patsy” Campbell, 95, died January 24, 2013.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 3:00 p.m., Saturday January 26, in St. Mary’s Cathedral with Msgr. Harold Waldow as celebrant. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas.
Patsy Campbell was born in Dallas, Texas on July 6, 1917, the daughter of Ethel Hughes and E. J. Ward Gannon.
She attended the University of Texas and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
She married William D. Campbell on November 7, 1941 and lived in Dallas. She was a member of the Dallas Junior League. During World War II, she worked at Lockheed and then accompanied her husband to various Army bases where she served as an Army nurse.
After the war, she and her husband moved to Amarillo in 1947 where she was a member of the Amarillo Junior League and active in the The Amarillo Art Force, Amarillo Symphony, Garden Club, The Amarillo Opera and other civic organizations. She was instrumental in founding the Globe News Center for the Performing Arts and was a recipient of The Golden Nail Award for her contribution to the arts. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Bill Campbell, December 12, 2008; her brother E. J. Gannon; and her sisters Jean Hunt and Lupe Murchison.
Survivors include William Dabney Campbell Jr. and wife Shirley, Patricia “Tish” Johnson and husband Tom, Ward Gannon Campbell, Priscilla Snow and husband Warren, and ten grandchildren, William Gannon Campbell, Brooke Mary Perry, Hunter Campbell, Cameron Campbell, Shad Campbell, Courtney Campbell, William Campbell III, Preston Snow, Diane Snow Hooper, Alex Snow; and five great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Association, PO Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell, Amarillo, TX 79109; or St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 S. Washington, Amarillo, TX 79102.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 3:00 p.m., Saturday January 26, in St. Mary’s Cathedral with Msgr. Harold Waldow as celebrant. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas.
Patsy Campbell was born in Dallas, Texas on July 6, 1917, the daughter of Ethel Hughes and E. J. Ward Gannon.
She attended the University of Texas and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
She married William D. Campbell on November 7, 1941 and lived in Dallas. She was a member of the Dallas Junior League. During World War II, she worked at Lockheed and then accompanied her husband to various Army bases where she served as an Army nurse.
After the war, she and her husband moved to Amarillo in 1947 where she was a member of the Amarillo Junior League and active in the The Amarillo Art Force, Amarillo Symphony, Garden Club, The Amarillo Opera and other civic organizations. She was instrumental in founding the Globe News Center for the Performing Arts and was a recipient of The Golden Nail Award for her contribution to the arts. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Bill Campbell, December 12, 2008; her brother E. J. Gannon; and her sisters Jean Hunt and Lupe Murchison.
Survivors include William Dabney Campbell Jr. and wife Shirley, Patricia “Tish” Johnson and husband Tom, Ward Gannon Campbell, Priscilla Snow and husband Warren, and ten grandchildren, William Gannon Campbell, Brooke Mary Perry, Hunter Campbell, Cameron Campbell, Shad Campbell, Courtney Campbell, William Campbell III, Preston Snow, Diane Snow Hooper, Alex Snow; and five great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Association, PO Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell, Amarillo, TX 79109; or St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 S. Washington, Amarillo, TX 79102.
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