DANIEL JAMES CRAINE, 67, OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE AND FRIEND, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY APRIL 18TH, 2020.

DAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS MILDRED AND JOHN WILMOT, JAMES CRAINE, AND BROTHER-IN-LAW SCOTT VALEREGA.

DAN WAS A LIFELONG LOYAL CLEVELAND SPORTS FAN, WHICH TELLS YOU HE ALSO HAD AN AMAZING SENSE OF HUMOR.  HE WAS ADVENTUROUS AND HAD A LOVE OF LIFE, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS THAT WAS INSPIRING TO ALL.

HE ENJOYED ANYTHING OUTDOORS SUCH AS SNORKELING AND BIKE RIDING WITH HIS WIFE.  HE LOVED TRAVELING, SUDOKU, DISCOVERING NEW BEERS, TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS AT FORT MYERS BREWERY, FACETIMING WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND COOKING.  HIS PERFECT IMITATION OF WOODY WOODPECKER'S LAUGH WILL BE A MEMORY TOLD BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN FOR YEARS TO COME.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 27 YEARS, GAIL ANN (SCHOLZ) CRAINE OF FORT MYERS, FL., HIS CHILDREN, MATT CRAINE (KATE) OF CLEVELAND, OH., NATE CRAINE (YUKAKO MATSUMOTO) OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA., SHAWNA DEVORE (PAUL) OF SAVANNAH, GA., GRANDCHILDREN, LYDIA AND VIOLET CRAINE OF CLEVELAND, OH., KYTO AND RYUKI CRAINE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA., MICHAEL JONES (MARY HORAN), ALLISON FLANNERY, RYAN FLANNERY, SOPHIE DEVORE, ALL OF SAVANNAH, GA., DALTON AND DYLAN DEVORE OF CHESAPEAKE, VA., SISTERS,  DIANE CRAINE OF CLEVELAND, OH., MEGAN MILAN OF MARCO ISLAND, FL., SISTER-IN-LAW JUDY CUTRONE, BROTHER-IN-LAW KEN SCHOLZ (JOAN), NIECE AMY RENNER (TREVOR), NEPHEW NICHOLAS SCHOLZ (APRIL), SPECIAL FUR-BABY LIL' KAY KITTY, LIFELONG BEST FRIEND ERIC BERGMANN OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA., SPECIAL FRIENDS AT LEGENDS COUNTRY CLUB, ALONG WITH SO MANY FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.  THE FAMILY APPRECIATES ALL PICTURES AND STORIES.