LILA MAY CRAIG
Marriages
Leonard Craig - October 12, 1936
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - May 17, 2009
Steamboat Today - May 21, 2009
Lila May Craig died May 9, 2009, in Yuma, Ariz. She was 90.
Lila was born Sept. 21, 1918, in Colorado Springs, to Robert Reid and Florence Carol Crossan, of Yampa. She married Leonard Craig on Oct. 12, 1936, then moved to Grand Junction where they raised their children. For more than 45 years, she was a resident of Glenwood Springs, best known for her friendly face and twenty years of service at Center Drug.
After retirement, she started dividing her time between Glenwood Springs, Colorado and Yuma. For the past two years, she lived with her great-granddaughter, Camie Walker (Tim), in Silt, enjoying her twilight years with her great-great grandchildren.
Lila is preceded in death by both her parents, her husband, her sister (Alice Hill), and her oldest son, Robert Craig, of Tucumseh, Okla.
Surviving her are her daughter, Donna Smith (Art), formerly of Glenwood Springs, now living in Grand Junction; her son, Charles Craig, of Yuma; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside memorial was May 22 at the Yampa Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations payable to the Colorado Rockies Make a Wish Foundation for the Lila Craig Memorial, 7951 E. Maplewood, #126, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
