Craig Steven Reeves

1959 - 1971  (11 years)

• Name	Craig Steven Reeves  [1]
  Birth	19 Aug 1959	Livermore, Alameda, California, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	49CE328F5F544D14B11A56BB0DE0A79AF60C
  Death	16 Feb 1971	Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA   [1]
  Burial	19 Feb 1971	Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I7416	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	Donald Lawrence Reeves,   b. 30 Oct 1933, Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA d. 25 May 2012 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Payne,   b. 12 Feb 1935, Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico, USA d. 24 Oct 2000, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1957	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F2684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 16 Feb 1971 - Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA Burial - 19 Feb 1971 - Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Craig Steven, eleven months younger than his oldest brother Larry, suffered asubdural hematoma when he was six months old. He quit breathing one Tuesday night while in the care of his dad - his mom was at Young Women's teaching a class. Craig was laying down on the couch in the living room in our house in Livermore, California; he was quite fussy and crying so I went out to the kitchen to warm up a bottle for him. While in the kitchen warming the Craig quit crying all of a sudden; immediately, I knew something was wrong - I ran to him and he had stopped breathing! I ran to the telephone and called the fire department paramedic unit which arrived very quickly -- thank goodness as my mouth to mouth resuscitation did not seem to work. Craig was rushed to a Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek some thirty miles away by ambulance. Enroute the medicssaid that Craig stopped breathing two more times. When the doctors got him to surgery they drained over one cup of blood from his head. Craig never recovered from that ordeal that night. His mother and dad traded shifts every night for over a year caring for our son who had extended crying spells every night. After a while, the doctors and leaders in the church counseled us to put him a nursing care home or a state hospital in order to have more children and to live a somewhat normal life. Craig lived his life as a vegetable - no normal senses like sight, and hearing; he died of atrophy of his body functions atthe age of eleven at Sonoma State Hospital in Californa. A highlight of his life was to be administered to by Elder Spencer W. Kimball, and apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and his grandfather, Ezra Curtis Payne. The blessing given to Craig by Elder Kimball promised restoration of his total body functions or death within a few years -- the latter occured; a merciful blessing to all of us. Craig is now (5/4/91), and has been for many years now, the family focal point for the 'forever family' truth taught by the Savior. Craig Steven, eleven months younger than his oldest brother Larry, suffered a subdural hematomawhen he was six months old. He quit breathing one Tuesday night while in thecare of his dad - his mom was at Young Women's teaching a class. Craig was laying down on the couch in the living room in our house in Livermore, California; he was quite fussy and crying so I went out to the kitchen to warm up a bottle for him. While in the kitchen warming the Craig quit crying all of a sudden; immediately, I knew something was wrong - I ran to him and he had stoppedbreathing! I ran to the telephone and called the fire department paramedic unit which arrived very quickly -- thank goodness as my mouth to mouth resuscitation did not seem to work. Craig was rushed to a Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek some thirty miles away by ambulance. Enroute the medics said that Craig stopped breathing two more times. When the doctors got him to surgery they drained over one cup of blood from his head. Craig never recovered from that ordeal that night. His mother and dad traded shifts every night for over a year caring for our son who had extended crying spells every night. After a while,the doctors and leaders in the church counseled us to put him a nursing care home or a state hospital in order to have more children and to live a somewhatnormal life. Craig lived his life as a vegetable - no normal senses like sight, and hearing; he died of atrophy of his body functions at the age of elevenat Sonoma State Hospital in Californa. A highlight of his life was to be administered to by Elder Spencer W. Kimball, and apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and his grandfather, Ezra Curtis Payne. The blessing given to Craig by Elder Kimball promised restoration of his total body functions or death within a fewyears -- the latter occured; a merciful blessing to all of us. Craig is now (5/4/91), and has been for many years now, the fam [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S223] Lucy Reeves, RootsWeb WorldConnect Database 3014165, "Family Tree 11/13/04", (1,170 entries, last updated 11/14/2004). [S285] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (Reliability: 3). Family group record submitted by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple sealings. Search performed using PAF Insight on 04 Nov 2004 [S63] California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959, (\i California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959\i0 .), 18 Apr 2016 (Reliability: 3).