Mary Margaret (Bodenhamer) Campbell was born October 25, 1931, in Springfield, Missouri. Her parents were Clara Margaret (Potter), who went by Maggie and Granny B., and Howard Lee Bodenhamer.

Mary passed away September 3, 2026. She was 94 years old. 

She graduated from Strafford High School in 1949. Mary married Paul Brown (“Jack”) Campbell on February 26, 1950, in her brother and sister-in-law’s home, Russell and Doris Bodenhamer. Mary and Jack were married 60 years. Jack passed away on March 19, 2010.

Mary and Jack lived in the Springfield and Strafford areas all their lives. Mary was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and a friend. 

She made sure all her family’s needs were met, and before her own. Mary was a homemaker and an active part of the farm. She prepared many, many meals and “snacks” that the family and young men enjoyed, while they worked at the farm. (Campbell Registered Guernsey Farm in Strafford, Missouri) 

She worked with children’s Sunday School classes and Vacation Bible School for many years. Mary was a member of the First Baptist Church in Strafford. 

She accepted Christ as her Savior as a young girl. She attended and was a member of the North Star Baptist Church of Springfield, Missouri, while growing up. Later, Mary and Jack and the family attended and were members of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church of Strafford, Missouri. Later on, they attended and were members of the First Baptist Church of Strafford. 

Mary and Jack raised five children: Jeanette Mooney (Cecil), Stan Campbell, Richard Campbell (Sara), Susan Mitchell (Gary passed away in 2011), and Shelly Chaney (Ken). Also surviving are six grandchildren Jason Black, Maggie Coppenbarger (Craig), Jackson Campbell (Brianna), Whitney Griffin (Chad), Chelsea Mitchell, and Michael Chaney; nine great-grandchildren GiGi Kelly (Phoenix), Isaiah, Eleanor, and Abraham Coppenbarger; Nora Griffin, and Jack, Mae, Pearl, and Charles Campbell; along with a great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth Margaret Kelly. Also surviving are sister-in-law, Nancy McGehee and husband Reverend Richard McGehee; nieces, nephews, and friends, including special friend, Nancy Wood. 

Family members of Mary’s who have preceded her in death are her parents, Maggie and Howard Bodenhamer; husband, Jack; Jack’s parents, Zola and Paul Campbell ; son-in-law, Gary Mitchell; brothers and sisters-in-law, Russell and Doris Bodenhamer, Kenneth and Dorma Bodenhamer and Joe and Ann Bodenhamer; sister-in-law, Martha Easterly; and brother-in-law, Bill Easterly. 

Visitation will be held Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Funeral Service will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the funeral home. She will be laid to rest following the funeral at Danforth Cemetery, Strafford, Missouri. 

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

We would like to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude for the care of our mother to the Manor at Elfindale in Springfield, Missouri, and Copper Rock Village in Rogersville, Missouri. The hospice care from Access Hospice, Phoenix Hospice, and Seasons Hospice was greatly appreciated.