Walter Montgomery Craig

Walter was the youngest of the brothers and was treated as such. With that baby face and adorable personality mom and dad could never say no. It was the older brothers’ responsibility to care for Monty when mom and dad were not home. Only recently did we discover that the older brothers flipped coins to determine who’s turn it was. As a result, he was sometimes ignored and on one occasion left to his own devices for several hours and fell asleep on the toilet bowl. Because of the boys neglect it made the clean up more arduous.

We migrated to the U.S. and started our journey in the New York city. Nigel, Marlon, and Sherwyn followed Shortly their after and had the privilege of starting school in Brooklyn. Jr was born in New York city and we were blessed with Monty in Pittsburgh. Paula followed a few years later and was grew up with the boys in Pittsburgh.

Monty was selfless, outgoing, humorous, loving, happy, and annoyingly sarcastic. He always had jokes to brighten anyone’s day. A good illustration of his sarcasm would be the way he teased his brother when they had to go work in the family laundromat, a chore hated by all. Monty took full advantage of the privileges of being the baby and spared no effort of rubbing it in their faces. Their love and closeness continued into adulthood. Also, a notable mention is any phone left unattended was subject to tampering with in the form of unapproved messages, voicemail changes, and ringtone violations. Moms phone was always a primary target where he imitated cultural accents on voice mail messages which was never changed until threated. Monty was blessed with a photographic memory which was discovered by the manager of his first job at 16 years old. He was capable of memorizing barcodes. These gifts were rewarded with advancements in his first job.

Monty’s charming and charismatic personality served him well and a salesman, so well that we joked about his capability of selling ice to eskimos. His expert salesmanship also served him well in his chosen carrier as a loan officer with Bank of America for more than 10 years.

Everyone knew Monty’s passion for sports and especially for his hometown Steelers. Monty had a passion for sneakers particularly Jordan’s. He made prank calls and loved rough housing with his nieces and nephews. He will be well remembered for the phrases “I’m never letting you go” and “you’re never getting your hooden back”

Monty is survived by: His Parents Conrad and Walterine Craig. Brothers Michael, Nigel, Marlon, Sherwyn, and sister Paula. Plus 15 nieces and nephews and 3 great nieces and nephews.