Memories of Craig

Over the last several years, I've often thought of Craig and wondered where life had taken him. I was very sad to find though this memorial that he had lost his battle with mental illness. A devastating disease that is difficult for most to understand. Craig touched my life briefly over a time perio

In September 2022 Craig's siblings - Ed, Diane and Terry (joining us via technology), his niece Karen and our cousin Betsy (who lives nearby in Harrisburg) placed some of Craig's ashes on a hilltop in Emmanuel Cemetery. Twelve years earlier on a similar kind of day in September we all placed our mo

I’m truly sorry to hear about the loss of your brother, Craig. He was a very dear friend and I’m so grateful I knew him in this lifetime. We met on St. Paddy’s Day of last year and we became friends instantly. We met by sweeping sand off the bike path in Manhattan Beach to clear the way for ourselve

Evidence of Craig's love of dancing - I do believe he passed this joy on to me!

We kept family ties strong by gathering the clan together as often as possible. Not every year, sometimes with many years in between. Craig enjoyed these reunions and even planned the one in Atlantic Beach in 2006. 2006 Carlisle PA with Beadon cousins 2006 Atlantic Beach NC with Page cous

Craig sailing on Gardiner's Bay, East Hampton, New York. Photo by Rob Stuart

Thanks to everyone who is helping scatter Craig’s ashes in places that held special significance to him. Craig made meaningful connections far and wide during his life, and it feels most fitting that his remains be put to rest in a way that honors that. My mom and I made the boxes that contain his

A Unique Personality Craig and I met back in May, 2012 while bicycling along the C&O Canal near Harpers Ferry. I was heading "downriver" (Potomac) and he passed me heading upriver towards Pennsylvania. When he passed me - we exchanged greetings and I noticed the two white five gallon paint buckets a

Every two years, our family had two months home leave to come back to the states to visit friends and family. In 1966 we stayed in a rented cabin on the Homosassa River where family came to visit us for a change. Craig was 2 years old at the time and fascinated by what he could see in the wate

Today, May 22, 2022, is Craig's birthdate. I have had some of the ashes of Craig and planned to scatter them today. It is a beautiful, summer-like day, especially on the water that Craig loved. I scattered the ashes in Gardiner's Bay, East Hampton, New York, where Craig often sailed, and I with him

Craig is now forever part of the Pacific Ocean. On March 12, 2022, Southampton College fellow alums Aaron Kurtzman, Rich Muller, Karen Kroslowitz and friend Sarah Alexander spread some of Craig’s ashes in Point Lobos State Park, Carmel, CA. Over Thanksgiving Weekend 1994, we’d spent a day hiking th

Knight Errant Of Craig, by his friend, Rob Stuart I met Craig at the Springs Presbyterian Church, East Hampton, New York, in 2000. I learned immediately of his love of water and associations with it. He had a sailboat nearby on Three Mile Harbor, and he stayed on the boat in the summer while he re

Craig was born in Harrisburg, PA, while his parents were on an extended home leave to the US. When he was six weeks old, his mom and siblings flew to Bogota to join his dad in their new home.

Years ago, It seems like a dream now I went to a disco by myself I saw a man dancing by himself I danced with him (for a year) or was it just a brief moment we loved each other we talked about Tristan and Isolde meeting forever in different forms Last week I went to a party I saw a man from years

Sketching, coloring, cooking, gardening, making murals from soda/beer cans which he flattened and used as tiles - these were all ways Craig was able to indulge his creative impulses. But mostly he wrote - poems, long letters to friends and family, and journals (sometimes several entries a day). We

May 22, 2022 would have been Craig's 58th birthday. It feels like the right day to scatter his ashes on the creek that runs behind our house. I'm thinking that Lakey Creek will join with other rivers and eventually get to the Gulf and out to the Caribbean - one of Craig's favorite spots!

Always in touch with his "inner child," Craig had no problem interacting with his great-nephews Galen and Ezra!

CA 1981 Craig, Mom and Dad came to Florida for a visit coinciding with recently discovered terrible hull condition of Brother's 1925 Alden Albatross Schooner. With 3 other friends, Craig was immediately pressed into fixing the hull. Dad got two motel rooms nearby and Craig stayed with me and my f

I remember the peaceful joy Craig had from setting up alongside the ocean to give free massages to beach goers—seeing him again there in my memory today brings thoughts of his smile showing outward evidence of that peaceful joy and connection