This is Jenny, Craig's wife.
Craig asked me to 'close his story' on this board and so this is to let you know that Craig sadly passed away on Saturday 26th July.
Craig always said that he thought it was sad that you only really get to know how special someone was after they have died, and Craig is clearly no exception. Even those closest to him have been surprised by the number of people whose lives he evidently touched as evidenced by the many lovely messages we have received since his passing and the many generous donations to the fund we have set up to support the East Cheshire Hospice where Craig spent his final days.
Craig was clearly many things to many different people: a kind man, a loyal friend, a good colleague, a loving son and brother, and a devoted husband and father. He loved to chat to strangers on the internet about his favourite hobbies: music, motorbikes, and letting people know they were wrong, and many of these strangers became lasting friends. It seemed that once you’d met Craig, you tended to stick around.
The last few weeks of Craig’s life were not easy for him as life become more difficult and his world slowly shrank. However, I think it didn’t shrink … it just got distilled into the very essence of what was most important to him: his family and closest friends, those people who had shared the very best and very worst of life with him and everything in between.
Any donations to support the hospice where we were all so loving cared at the most difficult time for our family, however small, would be gratefully received. This invaluable service relies predominantly on fundraising and private donations and we owe them so much: https://craigcoward.muchloved.com/