Craig K. Casper, 48, of Lexington, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, the result of a car/train accident near Lexington.
Visitation was Friday, April 6, 2007, at the Reynolds-Love Chapel in Lexington. Services will be Saturday (today), April 7, 2007, at 10:30 a.m., at Grace Lutheran Church in Lexington with Pastor Megan Morrow officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home of Lexington is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Terri Casper of Lexington; three sons, Curt, Eric and Blake, all at home; his parents, Nick and Bonnie Casper of Lexington; one sister, Deb (Chuck) Jensen of Columbus; step-grandmother, Irene Darnall of Lexington; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Eilene Wehr-Rath and Hugh Rath of Kearney; brothers-in-law, Doug (Marian) Wehr of Lexington, and Dave (JoEllen) Snyder of Loveland, Colo.; nine nieces and nephews; one great-niece; one grandnephew; aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and many, many friends.
Craig was preceded in death by his grandparents, father-in-law, six uncles and one aunt.
Craig was born Feb. 12, 1959, at Lexington, to Nicholas and Bonnie (Darnall) Casper. He grew up in Lexington, graduating from Lexington High School with the class of 1977.
Craig was united in marriage to Theresa "Terri" Snyder on May 26, 1985, at Lexington. He started working for Precision Bearing while in high school and worked there until 1988. He then worked several places, including Big "A" Auto Parts, J&S Oil, which he and Terri later bought and called Casper Oil, Wal-Mart, Orscheln's, GPLS, which changed to ELM, and was working at Electric Fixture and Supply Company at the time of his death.
To know Craig was to love him. He had an infectious laugh and never knew a stranger. He enjoyed attending his boys' activities and was a Cub Master for Pack #143 in Lexington. He enjoyed fixing cars, even model cars, restoring his 1959 El Camino, 4-wheeling in the mountains, camping, playing cards and board games, playing catch with the football and shooting hoops with his boys. He enjoyed NASCAR and Jeff Gordon was his favorite driver.
Craig was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. Memorials are suggested to the family for an education fund for his boys.
