September 10, 2023
September 10, 2023
Deer frequently visit our yard, and when they do, I often think of you and how good-naturedly frustrated you became when deer thwarted your gardening efforts. Miss you.
Craven left her family and friends on September 10. The huge void created by her absence can never truly be filled. We, her loving family and friends, can soften the shock and pain of her sudden departure by sharing special remembrances of this incredibly beautiful, radiant and compassionate person. Please populate this page with your stories, experiences, memories, introspections and pictures to celebrate and commemorate her life, one that enriched our lives as few possibly could.
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September 10, 2023
September 10, 2023
So shocking...I miss you... am amazed it has been 8 years. I just hung three pieces of your beautiful art and enjoy seeing your talents every day. all my love, Gayle Forster
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
Seven years Kakie, and my memory of you is as brilliant as you were to me in life. You may be gone, but you remain timeless. Love you.
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
Thinking of you today, Craven.
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
I pulled out one of your scarves today. Fall is coming. It hangs on a hook now by the door. The scarf is bright and colorful like you. I visualize you every time I look at it. I’ll take your scarf for a chilly morning walk soon.
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
I didn’t know Craven well as she started out as a client but soon became a friend I saw not as often as I wanted. I loved her though, and treasured her lively personality, creativity and infectious enthusiasm. Deep heart and strong mind. I think of her often and still feel the shock of her passing. I was heartbroken for Rob even though we had lost touch. He was more in my life due to his work travel and I miss him still.
February 23, 2022
February 23, 2022
So many beautiful memories of times with my dear friend Craven. It's impossible to remember them all, but fun to try! xoxo JT
February 23, 2022
February 23, 2022
Dear Craven, thinking of you with love on your birthday. ❤️
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021
Dear Craven,
It's hard to believe that it has been six years since you have been among us. I share the sentiments my brother, Rich, expressed here earlier today so well.
It's hard to believe that it has been six years since you have been among us. I share the sentiments my brother, Rich, expressed here earlier today so well.
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021
It’s a new August 10th and I’m glad that Rob and Jordan & family are all together this week remembering Craven and her specialness that we all related to so easily, and who we trusted & loved.
February 23, 2021
February 23, 2021
Miss you, Craven.
September 12, 2020
September 12, 2020
Love you and miss you daily - 5 years is a very long time my friend. Your island sign at SR is still as bright as the day it was installed. Always in my heart,my soul, my mind - with all the love I have, Gayle
September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020
Thinking of you this day, Craven.
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
Happy Birthday dear friend and good timing. I had your picture up at my office but since I moved back home I had lost track of it. I found it two days ago and will put it up today next to my drawing board where you can watch over me with your artist's eye. I miss you more each year. Al
February 23, 2020
February 23, 2020
Happy Birthday thoughts of you today, Craven. With love.
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
think of you every day..miss you so much. I love you always
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Four years....can it be? I love you and miss you, dear Craven...'nuff said, Al
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Looking at those two gorgeous little granddaughters, I see your face. Miss you.
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Your too short time on this earth left so many people touched by spending time with you. I still get so much pleasure thinking of your unique way of enjoying every minute of life. Miss you Craven and always will.
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Craven made life sparkle with her humor, kindness and creative talents. Her unique gifts are missed by all lucky enough to have spent time with her.
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
I think of you often, Craven, always with great affection and also with a sense of great loss.
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Once or twice a year “Forever Missed” , blesses all of us who love and miss you, with a reuniting email in celebration of you Craven. With a realistic and sad reminder that we have been without your presence now four years.
How can that be, has it really been that long? We all react with a similar response as out heart breaks once again for you. Love you Craven
How can that be, has it really been that long? We all react with a similar response as out heart breaks once again for you. Love you Craven
September 9, 2019
September 9, 2019
Alas, another year cycles by absent our sweet Craven. In spite of the steady passage of time she continues to occupy a place deep in our hearts and minds. Our remembrances of her and the certain grace by which she lived her life continue to illuminate our days. Her legacy continues on in other more worldly forms, her granddaughters Sadie and Naomi. You'll see from the two new posted pictures that these two carry their Meemaw's spark. What a special blessing.
February 25, 2019
February 25, 2019
one special person, you are truly missed!
Much love
Much love
February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019
Happy Birthday. missing you always
February 24, 2019
February 24, 2019
Hello My dear friend. Candles ablaze in remembrance of you on the day of your birth. You are missed every single day of the year. Love you Craven, your forever friend, Gayle
February 23, 2019
February 23, 2019
Dear Craven -
'Though you are not here to celebrate your birthday today, we who are here are celebrating you.
'Though you are not here to celebrate your birthday today, we who are here are celebrating you.
December 23, 2018
December 23, 2018
Dear Kakie, I miss you so much. remembering all our Christmas times.... at our grandparents, Playing in the huge attic...getting the tree with Papa. Eating chocolate covered cherries and when you road your new bike into the pond....Carmel Christmas with mama and daddy, Jordon,Rob and Robert. we were so blessed to have each other. Merry Christmas ..I love you
September 11, 2018
September 11, 2018
Dearest Craven - I anticipate this day for weeks prior, dreading it with a heavy, heavy heart as a reminder that another year has passed. Knowing that others miss you as much as I do, and they, as I do, look fondly forward to sharing a tribute, leaving a note, engaging with you, even for a brief moment in time. I miss your friendship every day and more. Love you Craven, Gayle
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
I miss you every day dearest Craven, you were a most amazing person and the world is simply not the same without you!
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
Thinking of the loss makes me cry, still.
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
Hi to Rob and all of Craven's friends & family, Three years - where has the time gone and how many new special moments have we all had these past 3 years that we have not been able to share with her since her passing.
You know what - Craven would be Mad that she didn't participated with us doing fun stuff - BUT she would also be Happy for us going out and seeing the world and living our lives to the fullest. Our best tribute to her is to continue to fully live our lives to the fullest and then from time to time to save a quite moment and share our thoughts with her. She would like that.
You know what - Craven would be Mad that she didn't participated with us doing fun stuff - BUT she would also be Happy for us going out and seeing the world and living our lives to the fullest. Our best tribute to her is to continue to fully live our lives to the fullest and then from time to time to save a quite moment and share our thoughts with her. She would like that.
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
Another year without your smiling face and infectious energy. Your picture is fixed on my wall right next to my drawing board so you can overlook the process you loved and guide me through my struggles. It will always be there so that you will always be by my side. I miss you like crazy. All my love, Al
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
I can still hear her laughter. It was contagious. One day I snuck a kitten into the office and I couldn't find it. I went into her office and she is writing an agenda item and the kitten is still in the crook of her arm. She was reading the item to him. How lucky was I that our lives intersected.
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
Dearest Kakie, the last few days I’ve missed you more than ever. I think of you always remembering our times in Carmel .. the virgin islands ... and all the places we lived. Most of all we loved our grandparents home In Lakeland Florida. Playing golf with tangerines on the long drive... chasing ghosts in the big attic. Eating fudge ripple ice cream with papa. I love you and miss you more than I can say.
September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
I miss you every day, Craven...especially when I drive past Craven’s Island. Your kindness and energy are miss d in this world. ❤️
September 9, 2018
September 9, 2018
There are so many of us, it seems fair to say, that still cling to our dear Craven. We seem to all come here, to this forever missed place, to share a thought, view a picture, remember and savor our times shared with her, to reconnect. It operates as a portal that allows us to be with her, and as I like to suppose, she with us. She was a rare one, that Craven. For all her softness and kindness she had a powerful affect on all of us. And her influence continues. Aren't we lucky.
May 11, 2018
May 11, 2018
Craven and I are on our last trip together to St. John. Long ago she made me promise if she was the first to go that I would cast her ashes adrift into the warm sunny waters of the Caribbean. That promise was fulfilled yesterday, May 10, at Cinnamon Bay. When Craven was young, she, her sister Sally Jan, her folks, maybe an aunt or neighbor friends would periodically trek to St. John and camp at the USVI National Park beach huts that were, until last year's 2 hurricanes, at Cinnamon. Craven said those trips were magical, the most special in her early years and later too. She introduced Jordan and me to this little paradise 20 years ago and we came back many times together. Now Craven has come full circle, and it is here, at perhaps her life's most special place, where she is forever free to swim the warm waters, bask in the radiance of the tropical sun, and run her little piggies through the fine white sands of Cinnamon Bay. Her spirit lives on.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Thinking of you Craven on your birthday and throughout the year. Love your spirit... Thank you for the gifts you left behind that inspire me and remind us all of how you loved and cared for your family and friends.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
The hole in our hearts is filled with her joyous presence,
The sadness that overwhelms us comforted with her laughter,
She lives within our every fiber and always will,
How very lucky we are to have shared her life.
The sadness that overwhelms us comforted with her laughter,
She lives within our every fiber and always will,
How very lucky we are to have shared her life.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
I think of you very often, Craven, and I always see you with a warm smile on your pretty face.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Hello Dear Craven: It doesn't get any easier year after year. But I hold tightly to your vision and memories, which will last my lifetime. You are always held close to my heart and to my soul. Julie has brand new baby lamb triplets and two other baby lambs and we were talking about you just yesterday - knowing how much you enjoyed playing and feeding the lambs..... Love you and miss you, as always, your friend Gayle
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Craven is thinking...'its been way too cold, I need some sunshine and warm water'! So that would mean its time to start fixing to make plans to visit the Caribbean, or Florida...anywhere toasty and relaxed. She of course is not burdened by those little annoyances any longer, she has settled into a place where she can continue to radiate her warmth and give off her sunshine....as we here were so long so blessed. Who among us can not feel the slight chill left behind in her absence. Alas, be patient, we will all soon again bask in her divine radiance.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Happy Birthday, dear one. You should be older and wiser along with the rest of us down here. Instead, you are improving the view in Heaven by taking out the bad trees. I guess they needed you there after all. I miss you and love you more each day.
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018
Happy birthday. Beloved sister. Miss you everyday. Thinking of all the happy birthdays we shared our whole lives...
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
Craven had a wonderful life and we were very lucky to be able to share our lives with her during her time with us. Craven is deeply missed by her family and her many dear friends. Her strong spirit continues to shine and share her warmth & her love that allows us to heal.
September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017
Craven's neighbors think of her every time we pass Craven's Island and she brings a smile to our faces. Of course we miss her terribly.
September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017
My Craven watched while Osa and I leisurely but purposefully circumnavigated the Prarie Creek Redwoods meadow. What are you doing? she asked. I explained to her that I could not stand for all her ashes to be resident solely at St John, USVI, that was too distant a place to be allowed. So we decided we needed her to also be resident at Prarie Creek Redwoods (and also at Carmel), two places where Craven's spirit repeatedly soared. She said she understood and that she too wanted to remain close and available to her loving family and friends. She accepted there might be a need to tolerate a bit of chilliness now and then (Nor Cal and all) but loving closeness would warm her like only love can. So we left a part of Craven at Prarie Creek where she before had imprinted that magical place with her brilliant spirit. She now shares that place, amongst but by no means shadowed by, those other most majestic of Life's creations.
September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017
Hello Dear Craven: My heart breaks that you are not here thriving as you did. I carry my fondest memories of you next to my heart and keep cherished reminders of special gifts from you as constant reminders that you live on in my heart and in so many others.
Two years - a very long time....never ever forgotten. Love you Craven
Two years - a very long time....never ever forgotten. Love you Craven
September 10, 2017
September 10, 2017
Thinking of you Craven...You are everywhere as your spirit lives on.
Love,
Bonnie
Love,
Bonnie
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September 10, 2023
September 10, 2023
Deer frequently visit our yard, and when they do, I often think of you and how good-naturedly frustrated you became when deer thwarted your gardening efforts. Miss you.
September 10, 2023
September 10, 2023
So shocking...I miss you... am amazed it has been 8 years. I just hung three pieces of your beautiful art and enjoy seeing your talents every day. all my love, Gayle Forster
September 10, 2022
September 10, 2022
Seven years Kakie, and my memory of you is as brilliant as you were to me in life. You may be gone, but you remain timeless. Love you.
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Thinking about you...
February 24, 2020
by Jay Thayer
Oh dear friend, what I'd give to have you here,
I'd wish you the best for this coming year,
We'd laugh and reminisce with a cup of tea,
And I would tell you how much you mean to me!
I'd wish you the best for this coming year,
We'd laugh and reminisce with a cup of tea,
And I would tell you how much you mean to me!
Big trip downunder - New Zealand 2008
October 23, 2015
by rob alcott
While on the South Island Craven enjoyed one of her great passions which was first revealed when she was just a little girl....riding horses. Asked what she wanted most to experience on our big NZ vacation she replied "lets take a horse pack trip!". (To myself I said 'Oh boy, lets'.) So horse tripping we went with a couple of Aussies (Heather and Lester, pronounced Leester") crisscrossing huge sheep stations while we covered the 100 kilometeres over three glorious South Island days. I swear Craven smiled (see the picture for proof) every moment she was on that horse trip.
This horse trip showcased one of Craven's spendid traits; Craven had the special wherewithal to simultaneously embrace present and past happinesses. By that I mean she could invoke her childhood happy times while enjoying similar happy experiences in her adult years. Threads from gleeful moments in her past would weave through her present day and brighten the day of anyone she had contact with. When the word radiance is used to describe Craven it is this special quality that I attach to her.
Lobsters on the Beach
October 2, 2015
by Alex Magee
One year, Craven and Rob rented a house in Bermuda (or the Bahamas, I can't remember) and I was lucky enough to be sailing with Bob and Marty Hopkins in the area at the same time. We picked up Craven and Rob at the dock and went off for a day on the water. The plan was to find a deserted beach, anchor the boat, and have a lobster bake. Well we found the deserted beach but there was one problem - we had to anchor about 100 feet off shore! Our idea of jumping off the boat into knee deep water and carrying the food to the beach was not going to work. So I jumped in the water with a flimsy styrofoam cooler filled with lobsters and Craven jumped in carrying a plastic bag with the other provisions on her head! (Rob supervised from the boat.) It was a miracle that we actually made it to shore because we were laughing so hard the whole way.
That is how I will always remember Craven - laughing with a big smile on her face.