December 2, 2012

 

Dearest Family,

    It  is so good to write again, but it does seem the weeks go by quickly.  We were busy this week with preparations for Grandpa's funeral.  Bill stayed with us on Tuesday night & that was so nice, but we missed you, Kathy. It was great to be with family & loved ones! Dad  enjoyed putting together the YouTube video on his parents for all to see. The funeral, burial and the dinner were wonderful times for our family. It truly was a happy celebration for us all knowing Mom and Dad are together with other loved ones. Families can be together forever is true and real.

    There were successes in the public library, we are always so blessed & guided to find in additional info! Last week we talked about entering her info in a personal FH program, so we can get it better organized, Sometimes we are just fumbling thru bunches of paper.

    Wednesday evening, we had a special time with a YW group from one of the wards,The spirit is great every time we do this work.

     I think the remainder of the week was recovery time from the pressures of the last week.  We attended Talon's band concert & two bb games of Ky's. Dad went fishing one morning, while I stayed home & sewed a little & baked bread.   We also went to Gaye's, & visited with her & Marlene, helped them sort thru a few of the treasures still at the Homestead.

    Each Sunday is a spiritual feast, as we visit ward councils, teach a class & have the library open in the evening. Today, we even received some info from a distant cousin of Dad's  with more info on the Croft Lines. It adds to & supplements what we already have. Takes time to get it digested, tho............

    We feel so blessed to serve our Heavenly Father, we feel His spirit with us, & are so grateful for his guidance.

We Love you all so,   & CTR    Mother & Dad

Dad's casket at the Byron Cemetery with Bob, Marlene, Betty, Bill and Gaye

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Robert Calvin Croft

Born June 19, 1918 Powell, Park Co,Wyoming

Died November 22,2012 Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming

CASKET BEARERS

Jay C Croft Will Croft

Aaron Ilg Allen Croft

Jacob Hahn Tylar Croft

HONORARY BEARERS

All His Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren

Arrangements by Thompson Funeral Home

Powell, Wyoming

SERVICES

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Powell, Wyoming

Wednesday Nov 28, 2012 at 10am

Presiding and Conducting. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bishop Opps

Family Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Barrett

Prelude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erma Niederhauser

Opening Hymn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Congregation

Hymn #223 – Have I Done Any Good

Choristor – Joy Fike Organist – Darece Grant

Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert E Croft

Musical number by the Grandchildren

I Am A Child of God & Families Can Be Together Forever

Life History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Niederhauser

Musical Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop Don Hatch

How Great Thou Art

Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Lennon

Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bishop Opps

Closing Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congregation

Hymn #308 – Love One Another

Benediction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert C Croft

Postlude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erma Niederhauser

Dedication of the Grave by William A Croft

Internment in the Byron Cemetery next to His Sweetheart

Robert Calvin Croft

Robert C Croft, 94 died November 22. 2012 at the hospital in Kemmerer,Wyoming. He has lived an active happy life until the past few weeks as his body began to “just run out of energy” as he would tell us each time we visited.

Bob was born in Powell, Wyoming on June 19, 1918 to William Connel Croft and Jane LaBelle Sinclair. He was the oldest of the two boys. Dick was born in 1923. He attended school in Powell where he graduated and wanted to go to college to become a veterinarian. He was not able to secure funding for college so he took up working for Garland Light and Power as a lineman. Bob was active in FFA and won many trips to Kansas City and Denver with his skills in livestock judging. He loved horses and when he had spare time he and other neighborhood boys would be in the hills riding or hunting. They would catch wild horses in the Pryor Mountains and sell them to the famous writer, journalist and rancher, Caroline Lockhart at Dry Head. Montana.

He married Evelyn Sessions of Byron on November 2, 1941 in Lovell, Wyoming. They decided to be farmers and began farming on a rented place just west of Deaver, Wyoming. Robert E was born when they were living near Deaver. After a couple of years living near Bob's folk on rented property they took over the family farm when his folks moved to Oregon. They lived on the Croft homestead farm for most of their married life. Bob moved to Mountain View, Wyoming to live with his daughter Betty following Evelyn's death in 2007. To them were born two sons and three daughters. Robert E. and wife Rena, William A. and wife Kathy, Marlene and late husband Lynn Sorensen, Betty Jane Ilg, Evelyn Gaye and husband Frank Barrett. His five children have brought much joy into his life with 29 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Dad spent his last years in Mountain View serving others. He and Betty loved to sew items to give away. That made fleece blankets, neonatal hats, stocking caps, and fleece socks. They would give these to total strangers at the quick stop, families in need or local charities. They also collected old or broken sewing machines, fixed them up and gave them to families needing one. The hymn “Have I Done Any Good?” sums up his life the best as us kids saw it! See YouTube – RCCroft memory video Nov 2012