IT IS WITH PROFOUND SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF EDMUND "BUD" WELLINGTON CAMPBELL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024, AT THE AGE OF 82.

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1942, TO CHARLES AND LOIS CAMPBELL IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, BUD GREW UP AND ATTENDED HARDING HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE EXCELLED AS A TALENTED GYMNAST, GRADUATING IN 1961. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT THE MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, EARNING A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE AND NURTURING HIS PASSIONS FOR SCULPTING, OIL PAINTING, GARDENING, JUGGLING AND PLAYING THE HARMONICA.

BUD  WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON MARCH 21, 1966.  HE SERVED IN KOREA  AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH CO B 1ST  BN 31ST INFANTRY  OF THE EIGHTH ARMY.  HE RECEIVED MANY RECOGNITION INCLUDING  NDSM, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL and MARKSMAN, M-14. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON  20 MARCH 1972  WITH THE RANK  OF SP 4.

HE MARRIED HIS BELOVED WIFE, ROSE, AND THEY SHARED 52 BLISSFUL YEARS TOGETHER. BUD'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER LED HIM TO 3M, WHERE HE RETIRED.

DEEPLY COMMITTED TO HIS FAITH, BUD WAS A DEVOTED CATHOLIC,  A THIRD ORDER CARMELITE, A DAILY COMMUNICANT AND A FOUR-MYSTERIES-A-DAY ROSARY WARRIOR. HE WAS A PRO-LIFE  ADVOCATE FOR THE UNBORN.   HE AND ROSE OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND HOME TO SPONSOR THREE FAMILIES FROM CAMBODIA THROUGH ST. MARY'S OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

BUD IS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS THREE CHILDREN, ALEJANDRO PATRICK (JOYCELYN), TESSA (KEN), AND MIGUEL (AMY, DECEASED), GRANDCHILDREN, EMMA, HARRISON,  MIRRIAM, COLEMAN,  MAXWELL,  ELOISE, AGUSTIN, SEAN, ANTHONY, ALEXANDER,  JAMES, JAZZMINE, CIERRA, XAVIER, TALON, LUCAS, IGNATIUS, AND ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTERS JOAN DEMBOUSKI (GENE, DECEASED), ANNIE DONOVAN (MIKE), AND HIS BROTHER TIM CAMPBELL (FRAN),  MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT-NIECES, AND GREAT-NEPHEWS.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE ROSE, PARENTS CHARLES CAMPBELL AND LOIS (CAMPBELL) MORRISSETTE, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AMY CAMPBELL.