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Lynna Cronan
LYNNA JEAN CRONAN
Cedar Rapids
Lynna Jean Cronan, 64, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Waterloo, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Janesville Community Center, 307 Maple St., Janesville. Arrangements by Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her daughters, Cherrish Cronan of Cedar Rapids and Melissa (Roe) Cooper of Hiawatha; three grandsons; siblings, Vern (Judy) Eves, Connie (Bob) Green, Twyla (Kim) Schneck, Steve Kressin, Keith (Cynthia) Kressin and David Kressin; the Cronan family; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Lynna was born July 8, 1952, in Watertown, S.D., to Vern and Viola (Tripp) Eves. She graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1971, and married Mario Cronan on Nov. 2, 1974, in Waterloo. She devoted her life to raising her daughters. She loved her three grandsons, her "three boys" as she called them, Mori, Dayseandus and Corde, of whom she never could get enough.
She was loved and will be missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, David and Myron; and sister, Audrey.
Memorials may be directed to her daughters in care of Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, 1844 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.
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