Their grandchildren are George, 18, William, 16, Lewis, 13 and Nicola, nine.
Mr Craske joined Cromer s RNLI station when he was 17 and he was a lifeboatman for 39-and-a-half years, until a heart attack forced him to quit in 1999.
Christopher Craske, centre, with fellow Cromer lifeboatmen.
- Credit: Supplied by the family
He crewed both the station s inshore and off-shore lifeboats, and in 1981 he received an award - along with crewmate Frank Muirhead - for the rescue of two local fishermen.
For a couple of years Mr Craske worked on ships supplying offshore gas rigs, but he soon returned to the fisherman s life.
Mrs Craske said: His love of the beach and crab fishing was a better deal as far as he was concerned, and he wanted to be with his family.