CLAY E. CRAWFORD passed away on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, in Green Valley.

Clay was born March 16, 1920, in Castle Dale, Utah. He was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was preceded in death by his parents Cecil Singleton Crawford and Edward M. Crawford; wife Helen; brother Edward (Ted) and sister Annette Jensen.

He served in WWII, and after the war’s end, he returned to Utah State University and completed his education, receiving a BS degree in Wildlife Management. After graduation, he started his career with the Fish & Wildlife Service. This career would take him on a 30-year journey, working in a great many of the Western states, Hawaii, Alaska and a project with the then Atomic Energy Commission in the Aleutian Island chain.

Clay married his high school sweetheart Helen Tuttle of Orangeville, Utah, in 1941. Helen passed away in 1963 of cancer. He is survived by their three children Easton T. of Orange County, Calif., Carol Richmond of Beaverton, Ore., and James C. of Phoenix; as well as six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

He married Mary Kasem in 1967 and was divorced later. After his retirement, he married Jane Lewis in 1979. They lived at Fern Springs Farm near North Plains, Ore., where they raised sheep, Quarter horses and rainbow trout. The Crawfords moved to Gridley Island, Idaho, wintering in Arizona, and became full time residents of Green Valley in 1998. Jane passed away in January 1999 of cancer. Clay married Marjory Black of Boise, Idaho in January 2000 and they continued to live in Green Valley.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17699 S. Camino de las Quintas, Sahuarita, AZ.