Jeremiah David Campbell

1980 - 2025

Jeremiah David Campbell
August 22, 1980 - April 5, 2025
Early in the morning of April 5th 2025, Jeremiah David Campbell gave up his long battle with cancer to remain in the world. For at least 15 years he had experienced random symptoms over and over but was just recently diagnosed by Specialist in Eugene, Oregon. Jesus called him to his house after a short stay in hospice.
His life started out with a miracle of his birth on August 22, 1980, in Palmer, Alaska. He was a high-risk pregnancy that his doctor was not sure he would live to be born, and predicted he would be very small. He surprised her by his size of over 8 pounds and 21 inches.
So, he grew up with lots of attention being the first grandchild in the family. Always tall for his age, people would talk to him when he was a toddler, thinking he could answer them due to his height and overabundance of red hair. 3 years later, he was joined by his brother Jesse but was disappointed at first as he could not play with him yet. Later they became best buddies and wherever they went it was here come the Campbell boys. As soon as he could walk, he loved being outdoors, camping and fishing, boating and rafting.
He started his education at Matanuska Christian school but was sometimes misunderstood by his teacher as he had a high IQ, but learned differently than his peers. He changed schools several time due to unstable private schools but managed to get a solid education, even doing home school for several years. He was able to get his studies done in several hours so he could go skiing at Hatcher Pass for the rest of daylight. Later in high school, he wanted to play basketball so he went back to private school and played with Peters Creek Christian School and then played for and graduated at Cornerstone Christian School in Wasilla in May of 1999.
Several years after graduating, Jeremiah decided to join the military and chose the Army. He did his basic in Fort Stewart in Georgia. One morning he called his family in Alaska as 9-11 had changed everything. Eventually he ended up in the 3rd ID headed for the Iraq invasion. His group took over the airport to secure their invasion. He was not able to communicate very much but God protected him many times during his travels there. Later he was stationed in Germany, flying in and out of there for years. He was battle weary and was honorably discharged to come home to Alaska in 2006.
Jeremiah had learned a lot from working in his dad's shop and had a lot of skills by the time he left the Army. As a teen, he learned to ride horses and was able to work later in a horse camp in Denali. He loved animals and worked at the Musk Ox Farm after he came home from the military. He also worked with a guide in and out of camps to assist hunters in the villages. He worked with some local farmers fixing equipment, sometime for them. His brothers helped him build his own tiny house where he lived off the grid on his mini farm with chickens and a goat.
He began to have more medical and mental health problems and tried to get the local VA to help him but got no results so he decided to try Oregon for a while. He lived on the coast close to his grandparents for years and was finally able to get help through the VA there. Jeremiah finally was able to collect benefits through the disability program for combat related issues. After his grandfather died, he moved up to Junction City and ended up staying with several relatives there. He got a new puppy and she became the love of his life. Schotzi was a very smart and protective friend to have around, and understood his routine.
His other best friend was his nephew, Cody Miller whom he grew up with. They talked to each other over the phone every day for years. When his medical situation grew suddenly worse, Cody came to help him through the worst situation. He was by his side for weeks and advocated for him with the medical staff at the hospital and later at the hospice center. Cody stood up for him and admired him for his service to our country. He became his medical advocate when Jeremiah was no longer able to speak for himself.
Jeremiah is survived by his grandmother, Helen Riley of Wasilla, AK, Fern Campbell of Coos Bay, His parents, David and Paula Campbell, brother Kevin Miller, and his kids, Kristen and Cody Miller, and Kevin's grandson, Ulysses Miller. His youngest brother Jesse Campbell and wife Kim, their two girls, Emmy and Sophie Campbell, Jeremiahs children: Conner and Sadee Campbell, and his youngest son Gabriel Campbell; he loved them all so dearly till the day he died.
He is also survived by many relatives in California: Tim and Wanda McGraw and their 3 children and grandchildren, His 3 Havemeister uncles: Todd, Bobby and Ty, their wives and their children and grandchildren. His cousins Kipp and Sean Riley and their children of Spokane, His aunts: Susie of Virginia and Barbara and her 3 children of Portland: Grace, Sabrina, and Charles. Relatives of Junction City: Rodney and Patty Koon and Norm and Shanne Koon, Donald, Courtney and Michael.
His service will be held at Palmer Highway Church of God in Palmer, Alaska on May 10th at 1 p.m. Address is 349 E. Arctic Ave. Please come and help us to honor him at this time. There will be a potluck afterwards.