Harry ‘Corky’ Craig

Published March 2, 2015

HARRY ‘CORKY’ Craig, 86, of Clinton (Independence Twp.), died Sunday morning, March 1, 2015 in County Meadows, Bridgeville, PA.

Born March 31, 1928, in Imperial, he was the son of the late Frank and Matilda (McCutcheon) Craig.

He was a member of the New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. He, along with his son, Don, owned and operated the business known as Craig Farms for 60 years. He had previously worked for over 40 years as a coal miner at Craig Brothers Coal, Starvaggi Coal, and the Aloe Coal Co., where he retired from. After putting his four daughters through school, he then worked at building up the family farm.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Eleanor Brown Craig; a brother, Frank Craig; and a sister, Florence Ceyrollis.

Surviving are his second wife of 28 years, Laura Brown Craig, whom he married Nov. 22, 1986; his children and their spouses, Barbara Collwell, Meadville; Margaret (Donald) Hollerman, Ellwood City; Phyllis (Larry) Morrow, Bridgeville; Janet (J.O.) Miller, Dayton, OH; Donald (Barbara) Craig, Clinton; Thomas Craig, Clinton; a sister, Helen Shannon, Evans City; six stepchildren, Kenneth Walls, Georgia; Betty Domko, MO; William Dale Walls, Burgettstown; Joseph Walls, Aliquippa; Denise Domsic, New Jersey; Harold Walls, Virginia. He was the grandfather of 12, and great-grandfather of nine.

Family and friends will be received in the MOODY FUNERAL HOME, Route 30, Clinton, Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., where a service will be held Friday, March 6, 2015 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Nick Mariatt of the Ohio United Presbyterian Church, officiating.

He will be laid to rest in the New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Memorials in his name, can be made to the New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, or one’s favorite charity.