In Loving Memory of
Richard Lee Craft
February 26, 1946 – August 26, 2020
Virtual Celebration of Life was held on September 12, 2020 at 5:00 PM CDT
Richard Lee Craft was 74 years old and lived in Grapevine, TX. He passed at home peacefully in his sleep on 8/26/2020. Although the specific reason for his death is unknown it is believed he passed from chronic heart complications. Richard was born in New Orleans, LA on 2/26/1946 to Leroy Constantine then adopted and raised by Bill Craft. After graduating high school, he was drafted into the army and served in Korea. He was honorably discharged and attended college at North Texas State University where he met Diana Craft. Richard and Diana were married in 1971 and gave birth to Roger William Craft.
Richard is survived by his son and daughter in law, Roger and Kristin Craft and their 2 children, McKenna and Logan; his sister Helen and husband Vincent Gottschalk; and his sister Marie and her husband Sam Fowlkes and their 3 children. Recently, Richard connected with half brothers and sisters and their families. He enjoyed these new relationships and was happy for the chance to get to know them.
Richard lived and worked in DFW using his jovial personality in sales and insurance. Upon retirement he continued to work as a driver part-time to stay busy, anxiously waiting for his next full-time job of Grandpa.
He would want to be celebrated and remembered as the charismatic and fun-loving man he strived to be daily. He would have nothing more for us all to be together to celebrate his life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project in Dallas.
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Richard Craft was the best friend anyone could have. He was loyal— he was determined, and he was always happy— that’s the thing about Richard! Every time I heard him laugh, it just cracked me up! If it weren’t for Richard, I would never had met my current wife. He came over almost every Christmas for many years, and he loved his grandchildren so much! He was always sending us videos of the grandchildren! Roger was the apple of his eye, and he loved him so much, and he always spoke very highly of him. He was so very proud of him, and loved Kristin! My daughter, Rochelle Labat, loved Richard and thought of him as a second dad. We will miss him terribly!
Tom & Michele Stephens
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My greatest condolences to the family. We were his neighbors for 3 years and he would always ask about our studies. I wanted to get to nursing school and he would always ask me about how my process was going. He even tried connecting me with the company that would provide him home-care. You could tell he loved his family because he would always talk about his grandchildren and how he remembered having to learn Blink 182 songs from his son’s college days. He was very happy about his surgery anniversary and I think that is what is truly important: to value life along with every memory including the good times and the rough times.