Rev. V. Howard Campbell was born in Wichita, KS on August 22, 1940, the eldest of four children born to Howard Andrew and Lora Pearl Dikes Campbell. He was married to Alice Jean Foster on January 20, 1961, at the Loraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita, KS. He died October 20, 2015 at North Kansas City Hospice in Kansas City, KS.

He graduated from Wichita High School North in 1958 and then entered the US Marine Corps for six years. He attended Berkshire Christian College in Lenox, MA. He came back to Kansas where he went to Highland Community College where he received his Associates Degree, Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO where he received his BA. He entered Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, KS and graduated from the seminary with his Master of Divinity degree in 1977. Pastor Campbell was ordained into the Christian ministry on August 21, 1977 at Community Congregational Church, UCC in Carbondale, KS. While serving in Springfield, SD, he pursued a Doctorate of Ministry at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.

Pastor Howard served churches in Otis, Sandisfield and Tolland, MA; Zion United Church of Christ, Wathena, KS; Community Congregational Church, Carbondale, KS; Trinity United Church of Christ, Hudson, KS; Midland Community Church, Nickerson, KS; First United Church of Christ, Torrington, WY; Bethel and St. John's United Church of Christ, Concordia and Emma, MO; Springfield United Church of Christ, Springfield, SD, where he retired in 2002. He was an interim Specialist and served as Interim pastor in Hartley, Walnut, Primghar and Hawarden, IA . He was a supply pastor at Napoleon, MO.

Rev. V. Howard Campbell is survived by his wife Alice Jean Campbell, 6 children: Andrew Howard Campbell (Deanna) of Bellevue, NE; Stephanie Jean Fagerhaug (Joel) of Pierre, SD; Robert Edward Campbell (Virginia) of Jerseyville, IL; David Wayne Campbell of Burrton, KS; Sarah Ann Robinson (Tom) of Hutchinson, KS; Ernest Lee Campbell of Gering, NE; 10 grandchildren: Holly Rose, Ryan Andrew, Lynda Jeann, Robert Benjamin, Christopher Howard, Benjamin Jacob, Victoria Rose, Jeremiah Aaron, Michael Lee, and Thomas Jay.

Rev. Campbell died October 20, 2015 at North Kansas City Hospice in Kansas City, KS. Graveside services with Military Honors will be 10 AM, Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Springfield Cemetery, rural Springfield, SD, followed by a luncheon at the Springfield United Church of Christ. The family would like everyone to meet at the church by 9:45 to process to the cemetery. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.

The Campbell's would like to invite everyone to come and celebrate Rev. Howard Campbell's life and 50 plus years of ministry. Memorials will be directed to Broken Tree and the American Diabetic Association.