Craig S. Ferguson, 68, passed away after a long illness at his home in Sandy River Plantation on May 21, 2009.
Craig attended school at the one room schoolhouse in Sandy River Plt. and later in Rangeley. During these years he trapped, fished, worked at his brother’s lumber mill and in the woods. He went on to Auto Body Repair school in North Dakota and returned to the Rangeley area to open his own business repairing cars, trucks and anything else with an engine. On Aug. 11, 1979 he married Kathleen Moura.
He was always willing to lend a hand when needed and had a kind of quiet strength and dignity that influenced many lives. He loved to be busy and was either working at his shop or on a special project. Some of his favorite things were cookouts at the lake, old wooden boats, smelting, hanging out at the shop with friends, playing pool, Busch beer and a good game of Pitch.
Craig is survived by his wife Kathy; three daughters Terri Sue Parker and her husband Richard of Phillips, Sharri Ellen Justard of Rumford, and Danielle Drake and her husband Jim of Hebron; his son Robert Ferguson and his wife Lorinda of New Glouster; 11 grandchildren; two great grandsons; his sister Joyce Ninos of Florida; his brother Holman D. Ferguson of Sandy River Plantation; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by his son Brad, two brothers Richard and William, and two sisters Susan and Mary.
At Craig’s request there will be no funeral service. Instead friends and family are invited to celebrate his life and share memories at a gathering to be held at his home at 4 Cascade Road in Sandy River Plantation on June 20, 2009 from 1 –
4 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanders, 93 Silver Street, Waterville ME 04901 or to Gary’s House, c/o Mary Irace, 97 State St., Portland, Maine 04101. Arrangements under the direction of Adams~McFarlane Funeral & Cremation Services, 108 Court St., Farmington.
