Sybil Louise Croft

Virginia Beach, VA Sybil Louise Croft, 62, a lifelong resident of Virginia Beach, went to be with the Lord on December 16, 2011 surrounded by her family at the time of passage in her home in Virginia Beach.

Sybil was born on August 13, 1949 to Helen Woodhouse West and Clarence L. West of Princess Anne County, Virginia. As a child Sybil grew up in the Back Bay area of Virginia Beach. Later in her youth she moved to Norfolk with her mother and sisters where she attended Norview High School. Sybil met and married the late Jerry Croft and had two beloved children.

Sybil had a long career with Hospital Data Center of Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia. She held the position of the Manager of the Healthcare Debt collection Division and was soon promoted to Director of Marketing for the Healthcare Collection Products. While employed at Hospital Data Center, Sybil formed her own company, Hospital Financial Management Systems to hospitals throughout the United States,. She was awarded an honorary lifetime membership to the National Healthcare Collectors Association.

Sybil was a member of the First Baptist Church of Norfolk. She loved art, children, gardening and Corvettes. She studied art at various colleges and especially loved to paint children at play. She always looked forward to attending the local art shows and dreamed of someday going to Paris to see the many art wonders in the Louvre. When she wasn’t painting or tending her gardens she loved to go for a spin in her red Corvette (which she name Fly-n-by) while listening to oldies music on her radio. She spent many days tracking her parents genealogy and along with her sister Sandy they ventured into the Royal heritage of her mother. But, above all of these….Sybil loved her children and her family the most… whether it was a house packed full of family at the holidays, echoing with children and laughter; having the grandchildren sleep over or just time spent with her children, having family near filled her heart with the most joy and happiness.

Sybil leaves to cherish her memory a son, Thomas Edward Croft of Chesapeake, Virginia. A daughter, Kimberly Lynn Shiflett, of Currituck county, North Carolina; son-in-law Dean A. Shiflett, daughter-in-law Crystal G. Ramey. Four grandchildren, Jamie Lynn Shiflett, Courtney Lynn Shiflett, Cody Lee Ramey, and Melinda Sue Ramey. Two sisters, Sandra Smith and Phyllis Beecher and a brother Andrew Poole along with many nieces, nephews and cousins.

A celebration of Sybil’s life will be held at Woodlawn Funeral Home, Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday from 12 noon until funeral service at 1pm. Following the funeral service, entombment will be at the Good Shepherd mausoleum in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. A reception in the funeral home will be held after the committal services. Online condolences can be made at woodlawngroup.com.

In lieu of flowers any donations can be made in honor of Sybil to the Racing for Hope foundation to help find a cure for childhood caner to www.racingforhopefoundation.org.