Harold O. Croft, age 99 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Clinton Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Clinton.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 6. 2012 at Vansant-Mills Chapel with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. No visitation. Family suggests contributions to the Henry County Museum or the Clinton United Methodist Church and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Harold was born in St. Mary's Ohio on June 19, 1913, the son of Javen Frank and Ceisel Croft. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corp as a photographer during W.W. II. He was the co-owner of Croft and Brown Produce in Clinton, Missouri. He was a member of the Clinton United Methodist Church and a 50 plus year member of the V.F.W. Post 1894 and the Clinton Masonic Lodge A.F. & A. M., No. 548, both in Clinton.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Opal Beatrice Brown Croft on December 3, 1992 and his second wife, Edna Mae Rucker Croft on January 19, 2005. He was also preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Maxine and Norma Fry.


He is survived by two sisters, Margaret Coons of Ohio and Lorraine Alleman of Denver, Colorado; his step-children; a number of nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

Services have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.