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James William Crawford

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James William Crawford Veteran

Birth
Juliaetta, Latah County, Idaho, USA
Death
25 Jul 1983 (aged 88)
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
Plot
Good Shepherd
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Lewiston Tribune
Tuesday, July 26, 1983

James Crawford, 88, lifelong area resident

Craigmont – James W. Crawford, 88, a longtime Craigmont area resident, died early Monday at the Boise Veterans Administration Hospital of cancer. He had been a patient there since December.

Crawford was born March 25, 1895, at Juliaetta, the son of Samuel and Malinda Crawford. The family moved a year later to a homestead near Fletcher northeast of Craigmont.

He worked for the railroad as a young man, then at the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. at Winchester for several years and retired in 1958 from the union Warehouse at Craigmont.

He and Edith Stephens were married Oct. 12, 1929, at Lewiston. She died Feb. 20, 1965.

Crawford was a member of the Church of Christ and the Craigmont post of the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I and an avid hunter and fisherman.

Survivors include three sisters, Mabel Wamsley of Craigmont and Jessie Kelley and Lillie Stephens, both of Lewiston, and a brother, Samuel Edward Crawford of Lewiston. Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.

The funeral will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Uhlorn Funeral Chapel at Craigmont with the Rev. Paul H. Kimmel of the Craigmont United Church officiating. A military graveside service will be conducted at 4:15 pm Thursday at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens at Lewiston by the Craigmont American Legion.

Uhlorn Funeral Home of Craigmont is in charge of arrangements.
Lewiston Tribune
Tuesday, July 26, 1983

James Crawford, 88, lifelong area resident

Craigmont – James W. Crawford, 88, a longtime Craigmont area resident, died early Monday at the Boise Veterans Administration Hospital of cancer. He had been a patient there since December.

Crawford was born March 25, 1895, at Juliaetta, the son of Samuel and Malinda Crawford. The family moved a year later to a homestead near Fletcher northeast of Craigmont.

He worked for the railroad as a young man, then at the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. at Winchester for several years and retired in 1958 from the union Warehouse at Craigmont.

He and Edith Stephens were married Oct. 12, 1929, at Lewiston. She died Feb. 20, 1965.

Crawford was a member of the Church of Christ and the Craigmont post of the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I and an avid hunter and fisherman.

Survivors include three sisters, Mabel Wamsley of Craigmont and Jessie Kelley and Lillie Stephens, both of Lewiston, and a brother, Samuel Edward Crawford of Lewiston. Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.

The funeral will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Uhlorn Funeral Chapel at Craigmont with the Rev. Paul H. Kimmel of the Craigmont United Church officiating. A military graveside service will be conducted at 4:15 pm Thursday at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens at Lewiston by the Craigmont American Legion.

Uhlorn Funeral Home of Craigmont is in charge of arrangements.

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