Submitted by: Dan Rich

Bernice R. Cronk

Dec. 8, 1910 - May 28, 2002

South Bend Tribune 5/30/2002

Bernice R. Cronk, 91, residing on East Donald Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 11:24 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, in Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Cronk retired in 1944 from Bendix Corporation after 16 years of service. She was born on Dec. 8, 1910, in Marion, Ind., as the daughter of Frank H. and Amanda (Snauffer) Taylor, and was a lifelong resident in the South Bend area.

On Aug. 21, 1940, in Mishawaka, Ind., she married George H. Cronk, who preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 1965. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Lucille Oliver, Helen Hanson and Esther Schultz. Mrs. Cronk is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Pat E. and David Davis of Mishawaka, and Joyce S. and Duey Mitchell of Sister Lakes, Mich.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and by a sister, Leona M. Wood of South Bend.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cronk will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Rev. Larry Baker, pastor of First Brethren Church, South Bend, will officiate. Entombment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.