Craig R. Printy

Craig was a cousin by marriage. Jen was a Howell...my wife, Sue, was a Howell. Little did Craig and I know that when you married into the Howells, you married into a family that absolutely loved visiting and was always, always the last to leave any gathering, oftentimes after already saying several goodbyes. He and I and my ex-sister-in-law spent many hours by front doors, in mud rooms, vestibules, (well...you get the point) commiserating about why did they say goodbye and we are still standing here waiting? So, we collectively came up with a little wager, now that I think about it, probably instigated by Craig. He pulled a dollar out of his wallet and said whenever we are at a gathering and standing here waiting, whoever gets to leave first gets to keep the dollar. Let me tell you, as long as he was alive, he and I never got to keep that dollar. When I heard of his passing the first thing that came to mind, as much as I hate to see the way it happened, that he won, I could see him standing there looking down at me laughing his sarcastic laugh and saying, "Aha, gothcha, I finally got to keep the dollar!!!" Well, my friend, spend it wisely. You certainly worked hard to get it. Maybe some day we'll get to stand around and laugh about it again. Heaven doesn't know what they are in for. 😉

Goodbye my friend goodbye! I will be wondering in the corridors of Texas Instruments hoping to hear your sarcastic voice “hey Thanas where is my SIMS”. I will always remember your last trip to the SIMS lab in the basement starting the conversation by: is not about the samples I have the latest personal news about my health to share with you my friend. I lost a true friend, a colleague that always challenged me, an admirer of my Greek food cooking at the Greek Church Festivals. I will miss every memory working every day for the past 24 years with you my friend! I will never forget our alteration when I was trying to take away from your cubicle your Red Wings emblem after I saw you had purchased a new Hyundai car, your defense we live in a global world and my “accusation” you are not a true Detroit boy 😀. I will miss you my brilliant dear friend!