Dorthy Campbell December 5, 1931 - February 26, 2025

Dorthy Jean Bearce Campbell was born on December 5, 1931, in Osceola, Missouri, to Earl and Mabel (Smay) Link.  As a freshman in high school, she asked Jesus to come into her heart. On February 26, 2025, at the Baptist Home in Ozark, she went home to be with her Lord.

On May 22, 1949, Dorthy was united in marriage to Earl Bearce, this union was blessed with six children.  Earl and Dorthy served together in several churches that Earl pastored in Missouri and Arkansas. Dorthy loved working with children, she worked in Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, and many summer camps.  She received her bachelor’s degree in her early 40s and later went on to obtain her master’s degree while teaching at Arcadia Valley Elementary School.  She touched the lives of hundreds of children in her lifetime.

Dorthy enjoyed traveling, she and Earl were able to visit many US states.  They also went on a mission trip to Paraguay.  After Earl passed away, Dorthy was united in marriage to Ervin Campbell in July of 1995. Dorthy continued her love for travel with Ervin, together they traveled all over the world, until they were unable. She was a seamstress all her life, making clothes for herself and her children. She loved embroidery and quilt making.  She was an excellent cook, often able to stretch a meal to feed any who gathered around her table.

Dorthy was a resident of The Baptist Home in Ozark, Missouri, since August 2006. She lived in the Outback first, then moved into the Home in 2018. Her family will always be very grateful for the loving care she received there.

Dorthy was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Miriam Mills, and two brothers Floyd and George Link. She was also preceded in death by two husbands, Earl Bearce, 1992 and Ervin Campbell, 2007.

Dorthy is survived by her six children of which she was always proud:  Gary Bearce and wife Shirley Bearce, Palmer, Alaska, Janet Gall and husband Roger, Birch Tree, Missouri, Denise Lupton and husband Ken of Henderson, Kentucky, Deanna Spencer and husband Bill of Birch Tree, Missouri, Connie Bailey and husband Tim of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Darrell Bearce and wife Stephanie of O’Fallon, Missouri; 18 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild as well as nephews, nieces, and friends.  Dorthy loved spending time with her family, she will be greatly missed.

Funeral services for Dorthy will be held at 9:00 A.M., Saturday, March 1, 2025, in The Baptist Home, Ozark, Missouri under the care and direction of Barnes Family Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 8:30 A.M. until service time. Burial will follow in the Arcadia Valley Cemetery, Arcadia, Missouri. Online condolences may be shared at www.barnesfamilyfunerals.com. The family requests donations in Dorthy’s memory, to: Baptist Hill Assembly, PO Box 491, Mt. Vernon, MO  65712.