Funeral services for Cody Campbell of Starbuck will be held Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Starbuck. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Starbuck Funeral Home in Starbuck and for one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Our beloved son and brother, Cody James Campbell, passed away on March 15, 2011, at the age of 28, at the St. Marya�(TM)s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, from an injury he received while working in Iowa.
Cody was born on January 17, 1983 in Hood River, Oregon. Cody went to Kindergarten through 5th grade at Westside Elementary and played soccer, basketball, little league baseball, Radio Control car racing and started in Boy Scouting. Cody and his family moved to Starbuck, Minnesota, September 1994 and he started 6th grade at Starbuck Elementary. Cody attended Minnewaska Area High School, where he continued playing sports, Boy Scouts and R.C. car racing. Cody became an Eagle Scout and graduated from high school in 2001. Cody is also a Life member of the National Eagle Scout Association. Cody always excelled at racing and became the NORRCA
4-wheel drive modified buggy champion at the Winter Nationals in 2002 and has won many other bragging rights in his sport of Radio Control car racing.
Cody was baptized on March 10, 1996, and confirmed on May 3, 1998 by Rev. David Grant, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Starbuck, MN.
Cody received his AAS in Audio Recording from Hennepin Technical College in 2004. He put that knowledge to use by running sound for our annual "Udder Fest" Concerts of original rock music held on our farm and other venues. Cody and his brother worked together on recording projects and were in the process of setting up their own recording studio.
Cody also enjoyed fishing, boating, hunting and especially ice fishing with his many friends and family. Codya�(TM)s indoor activities included watching football, movies, and playing video games. He enjoyed being with his friends and family.
Cody was employed for several years by Rail Works Track Systems. He traveled and worked on job sites in Minnesota and the surrounding states. His employer was really great to Cody and said he was on the fast track with their company.
Since November 2009, Cody has been battling Metastatic Melanoma cancer and endured many surgeries and IL2 chemo treatments. He never complained, or asked "why me", and was a real trooper. He always went back to work between surgeries and treatments and his company was really good during this time.
Cody was a loving, generous, thoughtful, easy going and a caring individual. Cody was always fun to be around, and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Cody is survived by his parents Jay Roberts and Joanna Lee Campbell of Starbuck, MN; his brother William Jay Campbell of Starbuck, MN, Grandmother Dorothy Lee Cannon of Hood River, Oregon Uncles; James Leslie and Chiyo Cannon of Leesburg, Virginia, Xander Lee Cannon of Hood River, Oregon, John Colby and Debbie Campbell of Starbuck, MN, Joseph Lee and Sandy Campbell, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jeffery Hugh Campbell and Barb Richmond of Starbuck, MN, Jerry Bramwell Campbell of Starbuck, MN. Aunt; Jane Mary and Robert Meeks Jackson, Jr. of Las Vegas, Nevada. Cousins; John Ashley and Rebecca Fleming Campbell of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jesse Robert Jackson of Las Vegas, Nevada, Joseph Michael and Connie Campbell of Las Vegas, Nevada, Forest Patrick Campbell of Las Vegas, Nevada, Audrey Jeanette and Mike Haas of Las Vegas, Nevada, Andrew Brady Campbell of Minneapolis, MN, Amber Beth and Alex Kempe of St. Paul, MN, many other relatives.
Cody is preceded in death by his Grandfather James Cannon, Grandfather John Allan Campbell, Grandmother Bernadine Louise Campbell, Uncles James Earl Campbell and Jesse Stevens Campbell, and Cousin Eric Bramwell Jackson.
Serving as pallbearers for the service are: John Campbell, Jeffery Campbell, Jerry Campbell, Brian Schreck, Taylor Thomas, Pat Timm, Wyatt Anderson, Alex Kempe and Andy Campbell. Starbuck Funeral Home in Starbuck is in charge of the arrangements.