Crawford, Robert F., 72, June 22, 2013. Arrangements by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
CARIBOU – Bob Crawford, 72, died June 22, 2013, at Caribou following a brief illness. He was born in Houlton March 3, 1941, the son of the late Fred Crawford and Madelyn Stairs Crawford Perkins.
He was a 1960 graduate of Houlton High School and shortly after graduation he began his career as controller for General Supply Corporation until its closing in 1992. He then went to work in the office of Powers Roofing and Sheet Metal until his retirement in 2011. He married Judy Randall August 25, 1966, and he was also a longtime member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Bob was a forty-year member of the Caribou Lions Club, serving in various officer positions, both locally and district-wide. He was an avid outdoorsman and member of the Presque Isle Fish and Game club, where he faithfully volunteered his services for their annual Hunters Breakfast as well as the Sportmans Show. Bob had a passion for fishing and cherished the times spent at his Square Lake camp, whether with his fishing buddies or his faithful companion Sadie.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Judy of Caribou, are his daughters and sons-in-law; Mary and Robert Welch of Katy, Texas and Jennifer and Michael Rand of Caribou; his five grand-children, Eric Tilmont and Gabriel Rand of Caribou, Joshua Rand of Presque Isle, and Nikki and Maggie Welch of Katy, Texas; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Gail and Leo Campbell; a brother-in-law, Charles Swetnam, several nieces and nephews. Bob will also be missed by a very dear family friend, Auntie Margaret of Caribou and will also be affectionately remembered as “Crab Daddy” to his like-a-son Luke Dyer of Van Buren. Mr. Crawford was predeceased by a sister-in-law, Mary Ellen Swetnam.
Friends visited with the family 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Tuesday from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Kevin Kinsey officiating. Friends who wish to contribute in Bob’s memory may do so through the Aroostook House of Comfort, P.O. Box 867, Presque Isle, Maine 04769.
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