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Bill Crawford to all who knew him was a man who loved the outdoors, and he was always looking out for hunting season and anxious to tag that first moose of the season to feed his family for the winter. He was called to be with his heavenly father on Aug. 4, 2020, while he was at home with his wife of 32 years, Brenda Crawford, and FooFoo by his side.
William Lee Crawford was a longtime and recently retired Alaska Railroad Corp. employee, and he enjoyed the job that brought him and his wife to Fairbanks, Alaska, accompanied by his stepson, DeWayne Koenig-Messer.
Bill Crawford was always looking to give a helping hand and was very knowledgeable about many things to offer advice when needed.
He is survived by his loving wife, Brenda Lee Crawford; and his stepson, DeWayne Koenig-Messer; and loving companion FooFoo, all residents of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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I will never forget the afternoon when Bill helped me fix my truck. I had spent the morning trying to figure out what was going on with my truck and it only took him ten minutes to tell me that it was a fouled up fuel filter and bad starter.
Brandon
Family
October 4, 2020
Miss you Bill. I know that we may have not seen eye to eye on all things...but I have learned from you and I appreciate all that you have done for your family and your wife and my mother who was married to you for 32 years and you have taken care of all of us and you will be missed by all of us!
DeWayne M Koenig-Messer
Son
October 4, 2020
Bill and I met at Texas A&M a long time ago and we were best friends for several years and went on many hunting and fishing trips. My father used to tell the story about coming home from work one day and seeing us at our shop and drove up to see what we were doing. He couldn’t believe it we had a wash tub and were washing a bunch of rattlesnakes that we had caught one winter. We had used gasoline to gas them out of the den and had lost a couple so we washed them! Anyone that knew him well will believe it and I have pictures somewhere.
I wish I hadn’t waited so long to try to find him. Miss you bud.
Matt Smith
Friend
September 23, 2020
I worked with Bill at the roundhouse in Fairbanks. Every shift was a memory, every day something new and exciting happened. Bill was a joy to work with. He treated everyone with respect and always had time to set aside his worry’s and listen intently to someone else’s concern.
Sorry to see him go. Bill, thanks for all the memory’s you left me, I cherish them even more now.
Bill Bailey
Coworker
August 15, 2020
I worked along side Bill at the Roundhouse in Fairbanks. What a joy it was. He never had a negative attitude, alwAys positive, day after day.
One day he fried oyster Po boy sandwiches for everyone. 25 of us waited in line for these hot sandwiches. Then the fire alarm went off cause the hot oil was right under the detector.
It all ended well after the Fairbanks Fire Dept. Was told it was a false alarm. Everyone had a hot exotic sandwich, and Bill just shrugged and went onto repairing the excavator.
I loved this man and his work ethic. A dedicated employee. He will be remembered forever.
Bill Bailey
Coworker
August 14, 2020
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