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Deceased Classmate: Richard Cracroft
Date Of Birth: June -28-1936
Date Deceased: September-20-2012
Age at Death: 76
Cause of Death: Kidney failure
Classmate City: Orem
Classmate State: UT
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: Wife Janice, sons Richard and Jeffery, and 7 grandchildren.
Richard was a professor at BYU where he was he was English Department chair; dean of the College of Humanities; coordinator of American Studies; director, Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature; and for editor, Literature and Belief. Dick will be missed by his family, ex-students, Classmates, and his multitude of friends.
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Jonathan Horne, M. D.
Such fun times with "Dick" at Wasatch School: with bicycle path trails set up by SLC, pomp, tag, in Miss Una Smirthwaite's class (Kindergarten and First grade). Playing war games; going thru the underground passage to the playground across South Temple for tag, even "hopscotch" against the girls. East high, German class with Herr Zarr. I particularly remember his frantic antics when he was called upon to the front of the class to speak a German poem, but he was having a singularly male problem, he wreathed and spun to get behind Herr Zarr's
desk; Herr Zarr was particularly unimpressed with his stage presentation, but very pleased with his German poem.
He was always very bright, interesting, a great friend, fun, interested. I miss him already.
Jonathan Horne
Quentin C. Gardner Sr
Dick was a good school pal not only at East High but Douglas grade school in the 1940's
Quentin Gardner
Franklin, Idaho