Joan Craig was born March 9, 1933 to Weston (Buck) Fisher and Lois (Potter) Fisher in Flagler CO. and was reunited with her husband, 2 sons and her Savior on December 29, 2020.  She attended school at Rose Country School in Kit Carson County and was taught by her mother.  She graduated from Flagler high school in 1951.

Joan met the love of her life, Marvin Craig, while roller skating in Seibert.  Joan tells of how she wanted to attend a business college in Denver but Marvin wanted to get married.  So she broke up with him and she went.  Marvin soon showed how persistent he was by driving up to see her quite regularly.  They were married Sept 12, 1951.

Their first home was a 2 room sod house and they lived there for 9 years. She and Marvin welcomed son Gary in 1954, Son Ricky in 1956. In 1960, while pregnant, she excitedly moved into the home they built together. After moving into their new home they welcomed Mark in 1960, James in 1962 and Delman in 1965.

Joan loved to garden and can the bountiful harvest.  She always had a huge garden.  She shared her expertise with her daughters-in-law and taught them to can. Joan was also a wonderful seamstress.  She made many of the family's clothing and spent hours patching jeans.  Joan's life revolved around her family and the farm.  She helped with milking cows, wheat harvest, calving, branding and whatever else she was called upon to do. Later on she watched the grandkids and took meals to the field during harvest while everyone else was in the wheat field.

Joan and Marvin followed their sons to many music and sporting events.  They loved to watch them wrestle and often said they didn't know who worked harder, the boys or them.

Joan had the knack of being able to put a meal on the table in 10 minutes no matter who was there.  She enjoyed people.  We have often said she could get news out of a fence post.  She loved to visit and people enjoyed visiting with her.

Joan accepted Christ at the Sunny Dale Evangelical Free Church and taught many Sunday School classes, VBS classes and women's Bible Studies there and later at the Cope Community Church.  VBS was very important to her.  She taught for many years or helped with the crafts and provided bushels of cookies.  Jim's kids would come up and spend the week to attend and then Mark's kids would come over in the afternoons to play.  Joan had the patience of Job.   She also played piano for Church services, funerals, and weddings until she could no longer see the music.  Joan was loved by many for the way she could freely share Christ's love with them.  She shared her love for Christ with her children and their wives.  We would sit and talk about the Bible when the "guys" went outside.  She taught us girls so much about Jesus.

Joan loved to follow her grandchildren.  If they were involved in something, she was there to see it. They traveled to many sporting events and music contests in Flagler, Seibert and Arickaree watching the grandkids.  She visited with a lot of people there too!!   She was always encouraging the kids to keep at it. Once in a while she might have even blamed a ref for a bad call!!

In later years Joan and Marvin bought a travel trailer and spent many years traveling the US.   They visited almost every state in the union and attended many of Marvin's army reunions.  She made many friends there too.  Imagine that!  They also enjoyed 3 cruises to Alaska, Nova Scotia, and Panama.

Joan 's niece has described her as being genuine.  Joan would say she was just being herself and trying to be a good and faithful servant to her Lord Jesus Christ.  She was such a wonderful role model for all of us.  Joan will be missed by all.

She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin, of 67 years and 11 mo.  Also by her parents, Buck and Lois Fisher, her son Gary and son Ricky.  She is survived by her sons Mark (Diana) of Cope, Jim (Katie) of Flagler and Delman (Terri) of Cope.  Her grandchildren Emily (Nathan McCaffrey)and children Amber and Austin of Vona, Nathan (Hannah) Craig and children Peyton and Caiden and baby #3 of Cope, Larissa Craig of Dodge City KS, Chance Craig and fiancé Emily Smith of LaSalle, CO, Kelsi Craig of Greeley, CO and Rachel Flammio of Littleton, CO.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 16, 2021 at the Seibert Community Center at 2:00 p.m.  A reception will follow.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cope Community Church, or to the South Y-W Ambulance Service of Kirk, CO.