Mercedes Craig Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mercedes Anne (Carllson) Craig was born in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, April 16, 1943, the only child of Arthur and Evelyn (James) Carllson. She passed from this life to her eternal home in heaven on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma after complications from a stroke at the age of 79. Mercedes’s father was a carpenter and her mother a bookkeeper. They relocated from Alaska to Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was three. She attended school in Tulsa and graduated from Webster High School, the class of 1961. During high school she met and fell in love with a handsome young man named Austin Craig. The two married immediately after she graduated from high school. Austin had already joined the U.S. Air Force. They were stationed for two years in Germany and then their final two years at George Air Force Base in the Mohave Desert. She gave birth to her first son while they were living in Germany and had their second son a few years later. After their time in the military, they moved back to Tulsa. Her mother taught Mercedes to sew when she was young and then a friend taught her how to make draperies when they moved back to Tulsa. She had her own draperies business for over twenty years. She also began making the most beautiful quilts you’ve ever seen. Her hobbies include cheering on the University of Oklahoma Sooners Football Team where the family have had season tickets for many years. She also cheered for the New York Yankees Baseball Team. After retirement, she and Austin loved to spend winters down in Harlingen, Texas. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Left to cherish her memory are husband, Austin, of the home Son, David and his wife, Jackie of Broken Arrow Son, Dale of Broken Arrow Grand Daughters Bethany, Lacey, and Lexie She was preceded in death by her parents

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Mercedes Craig

April 16, 1943 - May 5, 2022