CRAIG (nee Craycraft), Janet M. 1931 - 2018 Passed away June 15, 2018. Janet attended Lemon-Monroe schools until her junior year and graduated from Kettering Fairmont HS. She attended Miami Jacobs Business College and later chose to devote her time as a wife, mom and homemaker. Janet was a founding member of the Dayton chapter of the Sigma Beta sorority, part of the national Sorority of Beta Lambda. She was also a member of Elks lodge 257, Middletown, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Robert G Craig; her parents, James (Ora) and Iva Craycraft; her brother Douglas Craycraft; sister-in-law Dorothy Craycraft; her sister Mary Craycraft Long; brother-in-law Ralph Long; her brother-in-law James D Craig; her sister-in-law Veda Craig; her sister-in-law Jeanne Craig Wenzel; and her brother-in-law Carl Wenzel. Janet is survived by her brother, Ray Craycraft, Monroe, OH; Daughter Toni G Craig, Dayton; Son Steven M Craig, Roswell, GA; granddaughter Tiffany Michael, Houston, TX; grandson Scott Michael and wife Melissa, Ft. Mill, SC; great-granddaughters Reagan, Emma, Delaney, Parker Michael, Ft. Mill, SC; many beloved nieces and nephews: She was one of the founders and continued being a life-long supporter of her service sorority, Sigma Beta, which raised money and supported many worthy causes, including the National Kidney Foundation, and research and support for a cure for Alzheimers disease;,she helped found the ERA, Education Recognition Association for West Carrollton Schools; she led, helped fund and organize the founding of Singing Springs swim club, the first member-supported community swimming pool in West Carrollton/Miami Twp. A Gathering of family and friends will be held Sunday, July 1, 2018, from 2 to 4 pm, at TOBIAS FUNERAL HOME-FAR HILLS CHAPEL, 5471 Far Hills Ave. Dayton, OH 45429., where generations of her relatives are buried. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Sigma Beta charity foundation, or to a charity of choice in her No procession to a cemetery will be held since Janet has chosen to be cremated, as was her husband Robert. A memorial marker will be placed in Woodside Cemetery in Middletown name. Online condolences may be sent to www.tobiasfuneralhome.com.
Published in Dayton Daily News on June 24, 2018

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