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Friends may visit with the family from 3-6:30 PM on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Memorial Service will be held at the funeral home following the visitation hours.
James (Jim) Craig, age 81, of Wayne, formerly of Ridgewood, passed peacefully on Monday, February 1, 2016.
James was born in Paterson to the loving Douglas and Doris Craig. He was raised on Hamilton Drive in Ridgewood where he graduated from Ridgewood High School with the class of 1952. While in high school Jim was active with the Tennis Team, and enjoyed playing squash as well. He spent five years at Dartmouth College graduating with a MBA with the class of 1956. While at Dartmouth he enjoyed tennis, squash, and being a brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Jim’s first job was with the J&L Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is while he lived in the Pittsburgh area that he started his family and was blessed with three loving sons. He worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh before accepting a position at the Union Camp Corporation’s Wayne, New Jersey location in 1987. He lived in the Pines Lake Section of Wayne Township for over twenty-five years with his wife of 45 years Christa.
He will be remembered as a patient man who was reserved, thrifty, a Civil War buff, and enjoyed playing Bridge. His extreme patience was evidenced with his teaching the boys to snow ski, even pulling them around the yard in Pittsburgh, so they could get a feel for it. Again this patience is evidenced by his hours of teaching his sons how to fish and camp in the Pittsburgh area parks. Many fond childhood memories with the family were made during these times. The annual house summer rental at Deep Creek, Maryland was another source of lifelong memories as were winter trips to Vermont for family ski trips.
Jim was the loving father of Douglas Craig and his wife Kim of Naples, Fl, Steven Craig and his wife Ronna of West Bloomfield, MI, and Michael Craig and his wife Janice of Wayne; he was the cherished grandfather of Jack, Cameron, Andrew, Jimmy, Jeremy, and Daniel; he was the loving brother of Roberta “Bobbi” Jameson of Exeter, NH, and the late Carol Bateman.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 3-6:30 PM on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Memorial Service will be held at the funeral home following the visitation hours.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 3-6:30 PM on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Memorial Service will be held at the funeral home following the visitation hours.
James (Jim) Craig, age 81, of Wayne, formerly of Ridgewood, passed peacefully on Monday, February 1, 2016.
James was born in Paterson to the loving Douglas and Doris Craig. He was raised on Hamilton Drive in Ridgewood where he graduated from Ridgewood High School with the class of 1952. While in high school Jim was active with the Tennis Team, and enjoyed playing squash as well. He spent five years at Dartmouth College graduating with a MBA with the class of 1956. While at Dartmouth he enjoyed tennis, squash, and being a brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Jim’s first job was with the J&L Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is while he lived in the Pittsburgh area that he started his family and was blessed with three loving sons. He worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh before accepting a position at the Union Camp Corporation’s Wayne, New Jersey location in 1987. He lived in the Pines Lake Section of Wayne Township for over twenty-five years with his wife of 45 years Christa.
He will be remembered as a patient man who was reserved, thrifty, a Civil War buff, and enjoyed playing Bridge. His extreme patience was evidenced with his teaching the boys to snow ski, even pulling them around the yard in Pittsburgh, so they could get a feel for it. Again this patience is evidenced by his hours of teaching his sons how to fish and camp in the Pittsburgh area parks. Many fond childhood memories with the family were made during these times. The annual house summer rental at Deep Creek, Maryland was another source of lifelong memories as were winter trips to Vermont for family ski trips.
Jim was the loving father of Douglas Craig and his wife Kim of Naples, Fl, Steven Craig and his wife Ronna of West Bloomfield, MI, and Michael Craig and his wife Janice of Wayne; he was the cherished grandfather of Jack, Cameron, Andrew, Jimmy, Jeremy, and Daniel; he was the loving brother of Roberta “Bobbi” Jameson of Exeter, NH, and the late Carol Bateman.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 would be appreciated.
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