John P. (Jack) Crawford

July 10, 1941

January 23, 2017

Jack Crawford was born in McGill, Nevada to Patrick (Pat) and Mary (Mae) Crawford. Pat and Mae were Irish immigrants from County Down, Northern Ireland. Jack was raised in McGill and attended White Pine High School in Ely, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, National Merit Society, and Student Counsel. He graduated from high school in 1959. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. Jack was a member of the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta, and the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. He was a substitute teacher at Reno High School for a short time and then joined the Nevada Air National Guard in 1965 and then the United States Air Force in 1968, achieving the rank of Sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1969. During this time, he stumbled across a job with the Nevada Department of Transportation, later becoming the Chief Right of Way Agent, responsible for the land where our state highways and freeways are currently located. Retiring in 1997 with 33 years of service to the State of Nevada, Jack was extremely proud of his work and the relationships he formed. Jack was a faithful member of Saint Teresa's Catholic Church in Carson City, where he was an usher at the Sunday 9:30 mass for over 40 years.

Jack leaves behind his sons, Ron and Dennis; daughter-in-laws, Lori and Jessica; grandchildren Emily, Katie, Alex, and Ryan; his brother Jim; sister-in-law Karen; niece and nephew Jennifer and Joseph; and numerous cousins stretching from California to Northern Ireland.

Rosary and viewing will be on Wednesday, February 1, 2016, at 3:00PM at Walton's Funeral Home, 1281 North Roop Street, Carson City, Nevada. Funeral mass will be held at Saint Teresa's Catholic Church at 3000 North Lompa Lane, Carson City, Nevada, on Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 11:00AM. Burial and graveside service will immediately follow at Walton's Funeral Home.

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Published by The Reno Gazette Journal and Lyon County News Leader on Jan. 29, 2017.

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James Bordycott

September 13, 2025

Today I was listening to a Reno radio station featuring a John Crawford and thinking it might be Jack I looked him up on Google and found that your Jack had passed away some years ago. I worked with Jack from the Fall of 1968 until the summer of of 1969 at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix, Arizona. We were both part of a small contingent of Reno National Guardsmen assigned to Luke as part of the Guard Unit's activation resulting from what was described as the "Pueblo Crisis". I doubt that anyone today even remembers that event or even ever knew about it. Such is history - which Jack as a historian would have appreciated. At that time the Vietnam war was raging and our country was being torn apart by opposition to that war, but in the middle of all that the North Koreans attacked and boarded one of our unarmed surveillance ships off the coast of North Korea and took the ship and its crew as hostages. The Johnson administration reacted by activating several Reserve Units, one of which was the Reno Air National Guard, and after shipping most of the base personnel to Korea and a major air force base in Kansas, they scattered the rest of us to bases all over the world, including our little group to Luke. It was there that I met Jack and he and I formed a great friendship, spending many evenings in the NCO club dining room enjoying some wonderful and well cooked dinners. I learned of John's time as a teacher and the work he was then doing in the Right of Way department of the State of Nevada. John was a fine gentlemen, and provided me, a recent arrival in the USA from the UK, with a lot of encouragement in dealing with the separation from our families as a result of the activation. I have always wondered what ever happened to Jack after we were eventually released from active service but after reading his obituary it appears he continued to enjoy and active and productive life. God Bless you Jack and May You Rest In Peace .

Steve Stimac

January 30, 2018

Jack was a wise & intelligent boss teaching by example.

Diane Reil-Linebaugh

February 4, 2017

Jack was a wonderful guy and a great kind, considerate boss.

a loved one

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JAMES CRAWFORD

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Jim & Pam Crawford

February 1, 2017

Ron & Dennis,

It was a pleasure to know your Dad. We always had very interesting conversations each time we got together. So glad that he was a part of the Crawford family reunions. I will always treasure those times. Sorry we cannot be there to pay our respects in person but we will be there in spirit and through our prayers.

Love,
Pat, Pam, Nick, Meghan & Andrew

a loved one

Sent Flowers

January 27, 2017

John certainly was an active person in his life. Since he was involved in so many different things, it seems he liked to learn new things. God offers us all an education that has everlasting life attached to it. Read John 17:3.

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