Earl William Campy Obituary (1918

Earl W. Campy, an 18 year resident of the Kettle Falls, WA and Colville, WA area passed away on October 16, 2006 in Colville at the age of 88.He was born on August 18, 1918 in High Bridge, WI to Matthias and Anna (Maki) Campy. Earl was raised and attended school in both High Bridge and Mellen, and graduated from Mellen High School in 1936. He then attended the County Normal School in Ashland, WI and received a teaching certificate in two years. Earl decided that teaching was not his true calling after only a few months of teaching in a one room school house. He moved to Bremerton, WA area in 1940 to begin a career as a machinist. There he met and married the love of his life and wife of 62 years, Margaret Hunhoff. Earl joined the United States Navy during World War II and built and repaired ships for the war effort. After his discharge from active duty in 1944, he stayed in the Bremerton area performing contract work for the Navy. Throughout his career, he worked at the Bangor Ammunitions Depot, the Keyport Torpedo Base and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton where he repaired and built ships for the Vietnam War efforts. Earl retired at age of 55 and bought a 26-acre farm in Kingston. He loved raising cows, pigs, sheep and chickens and putting up hay. He moved to Boyds, WA in 1988, then to Kettle Falls in 1993 where he has lived until his death. Earl loved to hunt, fish and spend time outdoors. He was able to fulfill a life long dream and travel to Alaska in his motor home for a summer. He also enjoyed camping in our region in his motor home the "Rolling 20's Camping Club." He was also a tinker, and loved to work on anything mechanical which had any hope of repair or improvement. Earl was a caring and compassionate man, who even heated the feed for his chickens in the winter so they could have a warm meal. His family and friends will miss his kind and loving nature. He is survived by his wife Margaret Campy at home; daughter, Sue (Ron) Richardson of Kettle Falls, WA, and sons Robert (Ann) Campy of Lake Bay, WA; Jim (Jill) Campy of Poulsbo, WA; sister Gladys Kirby of Carlisle, OH; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son, Gene Campy in 1972.A funeral service for Earl Campy will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Lewis funeral Chapel in Bremerton, WA. The interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Bremerton, WA. A memorial service will be held in Colville on Saturday October 28, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mt. Carmel Hospital Chapel.