Ruth Cronin (1924-2010)

CRONIN, SCHARTNER, ROWLEY, BOYD, STOLL

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 3/27/2010 at 09:27:31

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, March 26, 2010.

Ruth Cronin, 85, passed away Friday, March 19, 2010, in Edinburg, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Ave., in Des Moines, with burial to follow in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation with the family present will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 26, at the funeral home.

Ruth was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Des Moines, to Gus and Myrtle Schartner. She was a graduate of East High School and a member of the Clear Lake Iowa Senior Citizens Club. She attended First Assembly of God Church in Edinburg, Texas, and previously attended Westchester Evangelical Free Church and First Assembly of God Church, both in Des Moines.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband of more than 63 years, Lawrence Cronin Jr., of Clear Lake; three daughters, Connie Rowley (Jim), of Des Moines, Diana Boyd (Ken), of Kansas City, Mo., and Debbie Stoll, of Vancouver, Wash.; four sons, Lawrence William “Bill” Cronin (Sue), of Ames, Phillip Cronin (Vickie), of Johnston, Robert Cronin (Diane), of Urbandale, and Jeff Cronin (Sheila), of Urbandale; 19 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines or to the Clear Lake Senior Citizens Center in Clear Lake, in loving memory of Ruth.

Online condolences may be left at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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