Robert C. Cragg

Robert C. Cragg Robert C. Cragg of the Cypress of Hilton Head died Monday at the Preston Health Center. He was born on December 24, 1915 in St. Paul, MN and was the son of the late Helen L. Slattery Cragg and Arthur C. Cragg. He moved to Hilton Head Island in 1980 from Golf, IL. He was a graduate of St. Thomas Military Academy in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota. He was president of KW Battery Co. of Skokie, IL and vice president of Cragg Railcharger Co. of St. Paul, MN. He was a member of Knollwood Country Club, Lake Forest, IL; Glen View Club, Golf, IL; Bear Creek Golf Club, Hilton Head Island; Chicago Athletic Club, Chicago, IL. He served as president of the Village of Golf, 1961 â€" 1965. He was active with United Way, Skokie, IL; Boy Scouts of America, NW Council, Arlington Heights, IL and Hilton Head Barbershoppers, Hilton Head Island, SC (president, two years) and Volunteers In Medicine of Hilton Head Island. He is survived by his wife Margaret E. Young Cragg; two sons and daughter-in-law William R. and Barbara Cragg of Oak Park, IL and Stephen B. Cragg of Hotchkiss, CO; three daughters and sons-in-law Patricia C. and Todd Hodgdon of Burke, VA, Janet A. Cragg of St. Augustine, FL and Susan E. and Dennis Waller of Scottsdale, AZ; a brother Harold Cragg of St. Paul, MN; ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church on Saturday May 31, at 9:30am Inurnment will be in St. Francis Columbarium. A reception will follow at Bear Creek Golf Club, Hilton Head Plantation. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Volunteers in Medicine, 15 Northridge Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 or Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, Post Office Box 3827, Bluffton, SC 29910. The Island Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.