Linda A. Croft

	Linda A. Croft, 46, of Effingham, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 8, 2001 at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
	Ms. Croft was a Registered Nurse and had worked at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.  She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Effingham.
	 She was born June 8, 1955 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Leland and Alice (Kroeger) Croft.
	Surviving are her mother, Alice Kroeger of Effingham; three brothers, Don and wife Gwen of Teutopolis, David and wife Sandy of Montrose and Dean and wife Becky of Edwardsville; four sisters, Mr.s Deborah (Gary ) Lloyd of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Barbara (Russ) Sims of Effingham, Mrs. Diane (Jeff) Having of Effingham and Darlene Myers of Effingham and one step-sister, Dr. Jeanne Marie Hartmann of Effingham.
	She was preceded in death by her father.
	Funeral services were Tuesday, June 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic church in Effingham.  The body was cremated following services.
	Friends calledfrom 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham.  A parish wake service was held Monday evening at 6 p.m. at the funeral home.
