Born: Wednesday May-05-1915
Died: Sunday Feb-23-2014
Funeral: Saturday Mar-01-2014

Morrison Payne Funeral Home
& Crematory
321 E Main St
Burley, ID 83318
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Eleanor Campbell,  “Tommie” as she was known by all her family and friends, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at her home in Burley.  She was born on May 5, 1915 on a cattle ranch in Wildhorse, Adams County, Idaho, the daughter of Alice E. and Arthur C. Campbell.  She had one brother who was three years her senior.  After leaving Wildhorse, she lived in Mesa Orchards, Council, Meadows and Burley, Idaho with her parents.  She graduated from New Meadows High School in May of 1933.  She was not a member of any church but always felt close to God and tried to live as He would have wanted her to.  She never married and loved nature and all animals and enjoyed her yard and flowers and her cats which were good company.  Tommie worked as a sales clerk and cashier for Woolworth’s Department store for three and a half years and as bookkeeper for Bunting Tractor Company for 10 years and for Haight Motor Sales for 19 years.  After retiring, she continued to live in the family home in Burley.  Surviving are her great-nieces and nephew; Traci Erickson, Peggy Speer and Bill Speer all of Kalispell, Montana; her nieces; Gayle Crocker of Spokane, Washington, Sherry Cox of Lewiston, Idaho.  Also surviving are numerous great-great nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her mother in 1964, her father in 1973 and her brother in 1990; also her best friend of 77 years Lois Gaylord.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014 at the Morrison Payne Funeral Home, 321 East Main Street in Burley.  Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley.  Friends may call Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 at the Morrison Payne Funeral Home 321 East Main Street in Burley and one hour prior to the services at the Funeral Home on Saturday.  In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorials be made to the Burley Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 1090, Burley, ID.  83318