Craig Keith Lindner

April 15, 1960 – September 26, 2025

Craig Keith Lindner entered the world on Tax Day, 1960 - a cosmic joke he milked for laughs his entire life. He left this world peacefully on September 26, 2025, surrounded by loved ones after a twelve-year health battle that he faced with the same defiant humor that defined him.

To know Craig was to know contradiction made beautiful. He was obnoxiously inappropriate and profoundly kind. Stubborn as hell and endlessly compassionate. Flawed and a healer, crude and generous, hilarious and deeply serious about the things that mattered.

His life’s greatest triumph was conquering addiction - a feat he never took lightly. For over 27 years, he stayed sober and then did something harder: he helped others find their way out of the darkness.

As a chiropractor for more than three decades, he treated bodies, but what his patients remember most is how he treated them. Their healing always came before his paycheck. Their dignity always came first.

Craig’s hands told his story. They adjusted spines and stitched quilts - intricate, beautiful quilts he gave away because that’s what mattered to him. Those same hands prepared care packages for sick loved ones, threw legendary parties to gather his people, and offered back rubs and strong hugs that said everything words couldn’t.

When aortic aneurysms tried to write his ending, Craig rewrote the script for twelve more years. He lived by his own rules, broke every norm that tried to cage him, and found the good in absolutely everyone he met.

His children, Katie and Ben and his wife, Kari, were his pride and joy. His partner, Gib, stood beside him for 30 years. Craig helped raise his 3 kids Lisa, Kydell, and Tyler. His phone was always answered. His birthday roses always arrived. His jokes - perfectly, obnoxiously timed - never stopped coming.

Craig is survived by his children, his partner, and countless others who carry pieces of him forward: a quilt, a memory, a lesson in how to love imperfectly and completely.

He taught as much as he learned. He gave more than he kept. He’s free now.

Craig’s celebration of life and holiday open house will be December 6th, from 5:00–9:00 PM.

Craig loved his and Gib’s annual Christmas parties and the chance to see old friends and new, so we thought this would be a perfect way to honor him.

This will be an AA-friendly party with no alcohol, filled with great homemade food, laughter, and shared memories. Bring a story, joke, or remembrance of Craig as we smile through tears and celebrate a wonderful man gone way too soon.

Stay as long or as little as you like. The house will be decorated to the max, just as Craig would have loved.

For address or additional details, please reach out to Craig’s daughter, Katie, or Gib for more information.

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