Publication: CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL
Published: 12-14-01
Page: NOT AVAILABLE
Headline: Mr. Kenneth Collett "Peck" Crago
Byline: NOT AVAILABLE
Mr. Kenneth Collett "Peck" Crago
Mr. Kenneth Collett "Peck" Crago, 87, of Nitro, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001,
in
Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation Center, Hurricane.
Mr. Crago was a resident of Nitro since 1947. He was a 1934 graduate of Poca
High
School and was retired from Tag Galyean Chevrolet Body Shop. He had also
previously
worked at other car dealerships in the Kanawha Valley. Mr. Crago was an Army
veteran,
having served in Europe in World War II, a member of the St. Albans American
Legion
Post No. 73, and was just recently the recipient of the Jubilee of Liberty Medal
and the
"Thank You America" certificate from the people of France for his service in
World War
II. He attended the West Virginia Home Mission in Nitro.
Mr. Crago is survived by his wife, Mary Daugherty Crago; two brothers, Dewey L.
Crago
of Nitro and Paul E. Crago of Liberty; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted noon Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Gatens Funeral Home,
Poca.
Entombment will be in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum, South Charleston.
Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
The family requests that flowers please be omitted.