William (Tim) Woodring Craigle, Jr., beloved husband, father, brother, and uncle, passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at the Fort Harrison VA Hospital due to natural causes. <\/p>\n
Tim was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on January 8, 1953, to the late William and Jeanette Craigle. He graduated from C.M. Russell High School in 1971. Tim received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Montana State University in 1979. <\/p>\n
On August 10, 1974, Tim married the love of his life Charlene Mayo of Chicopee, MA. During his years of service in the U. S. Air Force, Tim, Char and their children lived in Biloxi, MS; Omaha, NE; and Oklahoma City, OK. He retired as a major out of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls in 1993. He participated in Operation Desert Storm and he was very proud of his years of military service to his country. <\/p>\n
After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, Tim remained in the medical field and worked as the infection control practitioner at the Fort Harrison VA Hospital.
After retiring from the VA, Tim worked as a medical review auditor for the State of Montana, DPHHS. Tim was working as a medical review specialist at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana at the time of his death. <\/p>\n
Tim loved to travel with his family; he loved music; he loved playing his guitars; he loved hunting, fishing, and camping with family and friends; he loved giving gifts; he loved cooking; he loved baseball games; he loved playing Bingo; he loved wildlife photography; he loved the mountains; and he loved backpacking with his children. He was an inspiration to others and will be deeply missed by his family, friends and co-workers. <\/p>\n
Tim is survived by his wife Char; his children Tana and Cody; his brothers Charles Craigle (partner Abraham) of Miami, FL, Scott Craigle of Clancy, MT, and Gary Craigle (wife Wanda) of Columbus, GA; sister-in-law Mary Craigle of Helena; nephews Casey Craigle (wife Lindsey) of Bozeman, MT and Kelly Craigle of Clancy, MT; great-nephew Kadyn Craigle of Helena, MT and great-niece Qwinlyn Craigle of Bozeman, MT; his father-in-law and mother-in-law Charles and Beryl Mayo of Chicopee, MA; brothers-in-law Jason Mayo (wife Mary) of Chicopee, MA, Tyler Mayo (partner Thomas) of NYC, NY, and Bradley Mayo of Chicopee, MA; and nephews Jonathan Mayo and Christopher Mayo both of Chicopee, MA. <\/p>\n
The family will welcome friends during visitation hours from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, at the Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 650 Logan Street, Helena, MT. Funeral services for Tim are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 10, at the First Lutheran Church, 2231 Broadway, Helena, MT. Interment with military honors will follow at the Montana State Veterans\u2019 Cemetery at Fort Harrison. A reception to honor Tim\u2019s memory after interment will be held at the Service Club at Fort Harrison. Memorial donations may be made to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Helena, Inc., 30 West 6th Avenue, Helena, MT, 59601. <\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/237028_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}