Obituary, The Kansas City Star, page B7-B6, November 10, 1996.....Virgil L. Kampe, 67, Urich, Mo., died November 9, 1996, at his home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, at Anderson Funeral Home, Third and Grandriver Streets, Clinton; interment in the Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo. Mr. Kampe will lie in state from 12 noon-5 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Twin Lakes Hospice and may be left at the funeral home. (Arrangements: Anderson Funeral Home, Clinton, Mo.)

Virgil Lee Kampe, 67, Urich, Missouri, died Saturday, November 9, 1996, at his home near Urich. Funeral services will be held 2:00p.m., Tuesday, November 12, at the Anderson Funeral Home, 3rd and Grandriver, Clinton, with Reverend Dick Anthony officiating. Interment will be in the Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo. Mr. Kampe will lie in state from noon until 5:00 p.m., Monday at Anderson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Twin Lakes Hospice. Pallbearers will be Rick Kampe, Jim Kinney, Ed Kinney, John Kampe, Mike Kampe and Kelly Kampe. Honorary pallbearers will be Lonnie Bramell and members of the State Highway Department. Virgil Lee Kampe was born September 13, 1929 in Henry County, the son of John Walter and Stella Katherine Goucher Kampe. Mr. Kampe was a lifelong resident of the Henry County area. He was married to the former Carol Rose Smith. He was a U. S. Marine Corps. veteran of the Korean Conflict and had worked as a Signal Builder for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey where he built towers, signals, kept light and performed numerous routine duties. Mr. Kampe had worked for over 30 years for the Missouri Highway & Transportation Department as a Crew Leader and heavy equipment operator. Mr. Kampe is survived by his wife, Carol, of the home, one son, Rickie L. Kampe, of Clinton, one daughter, Brenda Kay Harbaugh, and her husband, James, of Olathe, KS., as well as two brothers, Robert Kampe, of Windsor, and Walter Kampe, of Cleveland, MO. He is survived by one granddaughter, Christina Harbaugh and several nieces, nephews and cousins.