{"id":19603,"date":"2025-10-01T07:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=19603"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:59:49","slug":"loren-william-croft-68-of-greenup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/19603-loren-william-croft-68-of-greenup\/","title":{"rendered":"Loren William Croft (68) of Greenup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Loren William Croft \u201cUncle Fuzz\u201d, age 68, of Greenup, Illinois, passed away at 7:25 AM \u2013 Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home &#8211; Bishop Chapel in Greenup, Illinois. The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Loren was born on June 26, 1957, in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Eugene George and Edith Alberta (Cox) Croft. He married Denise Weber on November 19, 1999, in Effingham, Illinois, and she survives. Loren graduated from Newton Community High School with the Class of 1975. He worked as a welder for many years and retired from Nucor Skyline Steel in Newton, Illinois, after many years as welder. Loren enjoyed farming, finding a bargain and loved classic rock music.<\/p>\n<p>Loren is survived by: Wife \u2013 Denise Croft of Greenup, Illinois; Nephew \u2013 Josh (Ashley) Croft of Wasilla, Alaska; Great Nieces \u2013 Zoey and Ayla Croft.<\/p>\n<p>Loren was preceded in death by his parents and brother Leon Croft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loren died the morning of Saturday, September 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Loren William Croft (68) of Greenup - 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