Norman E. Croft Jr., 69, of Dracut, Mass., died unexpectedly Aug. 13 in his home.
Croft was a typesetter at The Boston Globe until his retirement in 2006.
He leaves his mother, Ruth; a son, Thomas; a daughter, Susan; two grandchildren; his girlfriend, Eileen Grenon; two brothers; five sisters.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.