Craig Weaks

July 21st, 1956 - October 23rd, 2021

Craig 's Memory Wall

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Craigo was like an uncle to me. A salmon fishing, John Prine listening, always make me laugh uncle. I spent many weekends in the fall fishing with Craig. He was a great friend to my family for many years. I will look back on our time spent in the woods very fondly while full of laughter. Love you Craigo. Thanks for showing me how to catch salmon and camp like a real man...with potted flowers. Love you man. Rest east my friend. "It's a big ol goofy world"

Patrick Petrucci

November 9th, 2021 at 5:54pm

My uncle was a man full of love. Whether it was the giant hugs you were engulfed in when he saw you or the love in his eyes when he spoke with you. My uncle Craigo never failed to make me laugh as a young child, having a childlike innocence in the way he would laugh and joke with Andy and myself. I will forever attribute the smell of vanilla tobacco to him, one of my favorite scents growing up. As others have pointed out, he was a fantastic cook, a gift I am convinced all the Weaks boys possessed. When my nana no longer made green bean soup, my uncle took it upon himself to learn the recipe to make me one of my favorite Hungarian meals. He always made sure to tell my brother and I how proud he was of us, and called to sing happy birthday every year. That’s the type of man my uncle was. A man full of Gods love. Thank you for loving me, and I will miss you dearly. So comforted that you have Marc and Willy up there with you.

Maddie Craig

November 7th, 2021 at 9:51pm

I first met Craig shortly after moving to Michigan and meeting Chris on the job. A couple of years later I was falling down the hole of a serious depression. Anyone who has sufferred from clinical depression knows about the tunnel vision that can happen; everything becomes negative, there is nothing but bleakness no matter where you look. Craig saw how stuck I was and had a conversation with me and reminded me that life means change and whatever I was feeling --this too would pass. It was good advice and something I needed to hear that day and I was able to hear it because Craig delivered it without any trace of pity or judgement -- just compassion and concern for someone who was sufferring. What's more over the next few years whenever I saw Craig he would always quietly check in with me to see if I was still having problems and let me know he was always ready to listen. I'm sure I was not the only person he helped this way over the years.

Rob McCormick

November 5th, 2021 at 10:08am

Rob McCormick

November 5th, 2021 at 10:08am

I was always welcomed at the Weaks’s house. “Mom “ made me feel like family. Met Craig during my 6th grade while meeting my best friend Chris. Craig was our chaperone when we went to New Orleans 10 & 12 th grade. He was always around. Craig was a jokester. He was always telling jokes. He loved the outdoors. He was a great cook. We went to Brighton house, oh what fun we had. Craig cooked for us. We went to the Mobil Lounge. We had more fun. Craig was very kind , gentle , and always willing to you help out. Recent story, Craig came to my house. Maureen answered the door, he asked who am I? My wife answers , you not Marc or Chris but a Weaks boy. She then says your Craig. “ correct ,you deserve a hug”. My wife met Craig & Nancy a few times and they talked like old friends. Maureen & Noah enjoyed the company. Always welcomed. I will miss CraigO. Craig will be watching over you both Nancy and “Mom”.

Steven Olesko

November 2nd, 2021 at 11:33pm

“Craig, thank you for lightening up the mood at CVS pharmacy.” When Craig came into the pharmacy he always made an entrance, mostly by sharing a clever joke that would get us all chuckling, amidst the tense work environment, a reminder that we’re all human and to take time to have a laugh to lighten up the day. Your camping/canoeing stories were very entertaining as well! We’ll miss you here in New Carlisle and our greatest condolences to Nancy. From your CVS pharmacy family, may peace be with you.

Runi B

November 2nd, 2021 at 8:46pm

Having grown up in Southgate I've had the pleasure to be another brother to the Weaks family. Can't even remember when Chris and I started hanging out, seems almost all my life. Spent decades at the Banner house (hey Craigo when you see God can you ask him where that damn water leak is coming from) along with the Southgate house.

To many memories of Craigo, Markie, Willy and of course Dick.

Glad Mitzi (mom) is still here and bless Nancy who will need also need our prayers in the upcoming weeks and months.

Watch out God, here comes another Weaks brother. At least you'll be eatin good.

Ron Swiecki

October 31st, 2021 at 3:49pm

Craigo was a very special man to me. He was a condition of quiet wisdom to me. He saved my rear-end on the river more than once. He used to love to greet me in-between intervals of absence by screaming my name, bear hugging my waist and lifting me off the ground for the alloted time-never a particularly easy task. He listened to my stories and his sinister laugh made me feel special. He loved his brothers and I was lucky enough to be inbetween many of their righteous bicker encounters. Sweet music now that I consider that I too loved the man with the pipe like a brother especially for his sharing soul.

Bigguy

October 30th, 2021 at 8:07pm

The first and only year that all 3 4Dayin' Weaks Brothers canoed together was in 1997. Craigo,
turned 41 on the 3rd day of that 4Day, and decided to celebrate by preparing & serving us ribs. The timing was perfect for this day-long chore, as the previous day we paddled 8 solid hours (separate from our 2 hours of breaks), dragging our canoes over a series
of logjams on the Fox River, in order to be able to spend one full day relaxing in camp.

It was a Monday, the day beginning with a huge breakfast and shouts of "Happy Birthday Craigo!" all around. Craigo returned all the birthday hugs he received, including lifting Big Guy off his feet for, as Biggie put it, "Craigo's mandatory 5 seconds." Then, chef Craigo began the day-long process: frozen ribs had been kept in a cooler without ice to let 'em
thaw, then Craig boiled them all day in a big pot. When the proper time arrived, Craig added his homemade barbeque sauce to the ribs.

Then "Chow Time" began. Years later, Chucky still talked about it, "Craigie's ribs... what Craigie did with those ribs was amazing, especially when you consider where he was cooking them at. He was like a machine - I'll never forget it." When a 4Dayer mentions,
"those damn good ribs", any 4Dayers around in '97 immediately knows exactly what is being referred to - Craigo's 41st birthday ribs, to this day considered the finest meal ever on our great northern adventure.