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Born August 14, 1953 in Osborn, Kansas.

Daughter of Melva and Leroy Cronk.

Had a younger sister, Sandy and baby brother, 

Douglas.

Her father was not around 

much, he was in the military 

and traveled around, taking his 

family with him. 

She moved from town to town, 

having to go to several different 

grade schools. First stationed in 

Colorado and then Panama for 

a little over a year. 

He was very strict and mean, 

the opposite of her mother who 

was a stay at home mom.

Every single day, stores 

closed at 5 or 5:30.

Shopping was done on 

Saturdays, on Sundays 

everything was closed 

down strictly to allow 

families to spend time 

together and go to 

church. 

Every Sunday, her whole 

family would go to their 

grandmas house to have 

dinner and spend time 

together. 

She was in 5th grade when JFK was shot. 

All schools sent everyone home. She 

remembers it being very scary, all of her 

teachers were crying and rushing. Everyone 

walked home, with their mothers waiting, it 

was much safer then it is now.

During school, girls were not 

allowed to wear any sort of 

pants, only dresses. Many girls 

had short hair. 

Every Friday night, when she 

was in 8th grade, her and her 

friends would go to the skating 

rink. During this year, she 

began smoking, taking after 

her parents and has never 

broke the habit. 

During high school, she met her first husband. Very soon 

after she graduated, she got married at age 17. She also 

had her first daughter a few weeks before she turned 18. 

She did not go to college afterwards, vocational school was 

big then. She worked at Tony's for 2 years in 1973 

throughout high school and then worked at Phillips for 29 

continuous years after graduation.

She ended up having 2 more 

children by the age of 25.

My mom, Jamie, at age 22

and my aunt, Kelly, at age 

24.

Her greatest joy is having us 

grandchildren. Me, my 

cousins Olivia and Gavin, and 

my 2 younger sisters, Abby 

and Avery. She never had the 

help of her mother when she 

got pregnant, she has always 

been there for my mom and 

aunt Rachelle, her first child. 

The hardest thing she 

has ever experienced 

was loosing both of 

her parents, my great 

grandparents, 11 days 

apart last October. 

The whole family 

struggled for weeks, 

and we still do. 

62 years together

11 days apart

Her advice for teens today:

Slow down and enjoy every moment. Every 

choice you make will impact your life in some 

way. 

Something she would of changed:

She wished that she would of slowed down 

and enjoyed high school while it lasted, she 

never realized how fast times flies. 

Greatest moment:

She has had many many 

great moments in her 

lifetime. From her having 

all 3 of her daughters to 

all 5 of her grandchildren 

being born. She hopes to 

have more moments like 

that in the future. 

1958

2015