Craig

Hazel Louise “Myrt” Craig, 93, a lifelong Chicora resident, went to be with the Lord early Friday morning, May 3, 2024, in Chicora.

Hazel was born in Chicora on June 9, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Hazel M. Houten Burns.

She was a graduate of Chicora High School and had been employed for a number of years by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board at the State Store in Butler.

Myrt enjoyed crocheting, sewing, painting, playing cards, bingo, traveling and attending the Chicora Senior Center. She was a longtime, active member of the Chicora United Methodist Church and the Methodist Women of the church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor L. “Jim” Craig Jr. on April 8, 1996. The couple was married in Chicora on Aug. 19, 1950.

Surviving are four children, Dean L. Craig and his wife, Helen, of Butler, Lynn R. Graham and her husband, Ronald, of Chicora, Lisa R. Fair and her husband, Wayne Jr., of Parker, and Drew L. Craig and his wife, Kelley, of Connellsville; her grandchildren, Lauren Weddell and her husband, Eric, of Gibsonia, Allison Turgeon and her husband, Jeff, of Irwin, Jessica Tan and her husband, Dr. Henkie Tan of Collier Township, Brooke Fair Switzer of Parker, Levi Fair of Monroeville, Zachary Craig and his wife, April, of Uniontown, Jacob Craig and his wife, Kensey, of Flatwoods, and Victoria Miner and her husband, Nathan, of Connellsville; nine great-grandchildren, Tyler and Owen Turgeon, Henry Tan, Lillian and Darrin Weddell, Wyatt, Addisyn, Eliza and Bennett Craig; four sisters, Susan Miller of Chicora, Geraldine Foley of Butler, and Shirley Callihan of Chicora, Donna Callihan and her husband, John, of Chicora; a brother-in-law, Richard “Dick” Craig of Chicora; as well as a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her mother and husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Phyllis Burns, Margaret Ace and Betty Gabel; a brother, Peter Burns; and a number of brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

CRAIG — Friends of Hazel Louise “Myrt” Craig, who died Friday morning, May 3, 2024, will be received from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2024 at HILE FUNERAL HOME OF CHICORA, 339 Chicora Fenelton Road, Chicora. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Amy Worline, Quality Life Services Chaplain, officiating. Interment will be in Hemphill Cemetery, Chicora.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Chicora Fire Department, P.O. Box F, Chicora, PA 16025 or the Butler County Humane Society, 1015 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.hilefh.com.

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