{"id":1405,"date":"2017-10-27T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2017-10-27T17:11:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:11:29","slug":"obituary-notice-edward-h-crecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1405","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Edward H. Crecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CrecraftE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1406\" alt=\"CrecraftE\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CrecraftE.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Edward H. Crecraft, 78, of Creek Road, Forestville, died Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Meadville, PA on October 15, 1939, the son of the late Bertha (Crecraft) Waldren Hicks.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Crecraft started working with the former Red Wing Co., Fredonia, worked 12 years for the former Agway, Inc. and then formed a partnership with the late Leo Lewis, creating Lewis &amp; Crecraft Wiring Service.\u00a0 He became sole owner in 1980, continuing until his retirement in 2002.\u00a0 He later worked part-time for Riles &amp; Woolley, Inc., Forestville.\u00a0 Mr. Crecraft was a former Town of Arkwright Justice of the Peace for 5 years and the Town Supervisor for 5 years, was a member of the Gowanda Moose #1382 and was former President of the Arkwright Summit Cemetery Association.\u00a0 He enjoyed hunting and spending time with his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife Carol M. (Schroeder) Crecraft of Forestville, whom he married on October 25, 1958, in Grace Lutheran Church, Dunkirk and celebrated their 59th anniversary together on Wednesday, two daughters, Sherry Krupinski, of Manchaca, Texas; Becky (Michael) Weaver, of Forestville; a son,Russell (Marla) Crecraft, of Bend, Oregon; and a brother, Robert (Sherri) Waldren, of Meadville, PA.\u00a0 Also surviving are 7 grandchildren and several nieces &amp; nephews.\u00a0 Besides his mother he was predeceased by a son Dale R. Crecraft, by a brother Richard Crecraft and by a sister Gertrude Cluff.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are welcome to call at Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM from where Funeral Services will be held Monday morning, at 11 o&#8217;clock.\u00a0 Interment will follow in Arkwright Summit Cemetery, Town of Arkwright.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorial donations may be made either to the Forestville Fire Dept. Emergency &amp; Rescue Squad, PO Box 299, Forestville, NY 14062 or to the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society, 4043 Maple Road, Suite 105, Amherst, NY 14226.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Edward H. Crecraft, 78, of Creek Road, Forestville, died Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Meadville, PA on October 15, 1939, the son of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}