He married again to Wilma Winternitz and lived in Sedona, Arizona. He never smoked or drank alcohol and was very health conscious. In about 1987 or 1988 he was diagnosed with a bad heart valve and no doctor would risk operating on him at his age to replace the defective valve. This curtailed his daily walks and he could not accept the fact that he was getting old and became very depressed. He died May 7, 1989 in Sedona. Harold Louis Criger was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the "Coffee Pot" Mountains.
He had visited Tucson, where his brothers Robert and Walter Criger lived. He talked about his life in Alaska and showed a picture of him in winter gear, standing in a snow-blanketed landscape. He was also featured on the cover of a 1934 magazine called "The American Rifleman." He was a hunter and outdoorsman and while his life in Alaska made visits with family few and far between, he was a caring son and brother.
He married again to Wilma Winternitz and lived in Sedona, Arizona. He never smoked or drank alcohol and was very health conscious. In about 1987 or 1988 he was diagnosed with a bad heart valve and no doctor would risk operating on him at his age to replace the defective valve. This curtailed his daily walks and he could not accept the fact that he was getting old and became very depressed. He died May 7, 1989 in Sedona. Harold Louis Criger was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the "Coffee Pot" Mountains.
He had visited Tucson, where his brothers Robert and Walter Criger lived. He talked about his life in Alaska and showed a picture of him in winter gear, standing in a snow-blanketed landscape. He was also featured on the cover of a 1934 magazine called "The American Rifleman." He was a hunter and outdoorsman and while his life in Alaska made visits with family few and far between, he was a caring son and brother.
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