Forest Lake Times

Posted: 12/14/05

Funeral service honors former State Patrol Chief, Forest Lake mayor James Crawford

With a Minnesota State Patrol Honor Guard posting the colors of the United States, the State of Minnesota and the State Patrol, the casket of former Patrol Chief and Forest Lake Mayor James C. Crawford enters Faith Lutheran Church Wednesday morning at a funeral service.

Kelly Roberts, right, and John Westlund of the Roberts-Eckert Funeral Home in Forest Lake flank the casket.

Crawford served 37 years with the Minnesota State Patrol and was its chief from 1973-79. He also served two terms as mayor of Forest Lake. He was 77 and had battled cancer for the past year.(Photo By Cliff Buchan)

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