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Anyone who attended the service care to share the experience or photos?
The services last night were amazing. There was around 400+ people in attendance. Craig had touched the lives of so many people and was so well loved. There were lots of tears and lots of laughter last night. To all those that knew Craig he would have wanted it that way. Amazing stories of his life were shared and I am honored to have been given the chance to be a part of the full and wonderful life that he lived. Some of the stories included details about Craig's hatred for "rules". It was Craig's hatred for rules that led him to being a full time kilt wearer.

The story goes like this: Many years ago at his company where he worked, a company dress code was modified/enforced that employees could no longer wear shorts, and that men must wear slacks from now on. Craig hated this rule, and hated that women could wear skirts that allowed for much better ventilation and air flow especially on hot summer days. Craig then proceeded to purchase a utili-kilt and wear it to work. His management didn't like much the idea, but told Craig that he could wear his kilt to work on Casual Friday's and any other "Celtic Holiday". Craig then proceeded to research every single celtic holiday in existance to wear his kilt to work as much as possible.

Craig also spent 4 years in the Air Force, which is also where he met his wife Diane. Diane was an officer, and Craig was Enlisted. Well as most of you know Officers are strictly forbidden from dating an Enlisted members of the military. They secretly dated for a while, and eventually Diane asked permission from her superiors to marry, and they gave her permission. It was also mentioned that along with Craig's hatred for rules, he hated the fact that he had to salute his wife. Apparently he would do whatever it took to get out of saluting her, including sneaking up behind her, or just not being wherever she was so he didn't have to do it.

These are only some of the stories that were shared last night, but many wonderful things were said, and I am a richer person to have known him.

The photo/video slideshow at the end was professionally done and was an amazing tribute to everything that was Craig. The stage at his church was decorated with a wide variety of the things that Craig owned and defined who he was.

This is the only picture that I took from last night, and it's a picture on my phone of the stage, and all the items that were his.



Slainte.