The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of is obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.

John Walter Wayland
 

Rindge man, 63, a locksmith, Dover police officer

Rindge – James G. Campbell, 63, of Rindge, New Hampshire, died June 20, 2002, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, after being stricken at his place of employment.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 19, 1938, he was the son of Robert and Barbara (Hart) Campbell.  Before moving to Rindge four years ago, he lived in Dover Massachusetts.

He graduated from Needham (MA) High School in 1956 and then from Northeastern University.

He was a locksmith for Fidelity Investments in Boston.  Previously, for many years, he was a police officer in Dover (MA).

He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Rindge and was chair of the Music Committee.  He was a past Master of Meridian Lodge of Masons in Natick (MA) and was a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Boston, the Aleppo Temple Shrine in Wilmington (MA), the Massachusetts Police Association, and the Associated Locksmiths of America.

He leaves his wife of 41 years, Susan (Briggs) Campbell of Rindge; two sons, John Campbell of Gardner (MA) and Edward Campbell of North Attleboro (MA); three daughters, Lisa Campbell of Bethel (VT), Beth Campbell of Portland (ME) and Laurie Whitten of Needham (MA); his step mother, Molly Campbell of South Natick (MA); a brother, Robert Campbell II of Malvern (PA); two sisters, Martha Miller of Amesbury (MA) and Alison Campbell of South Natick; four grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held Monday in the First Congregational Church with Rev. James Melhorn, pastor, officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Church, PO Box 451, Rindge, New Hampshire 03461, or the Dover Foundation Inc. c/o Ruth Fleischer, 4 Pond Street, Dover, Massachusetts 02030.

Snow-Ladeau Funeral Home, Winchendon (MA) directed arrangements.