This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CALLIHAN, CRONK, FOSTER, FURROW, NAYLOR, NEIL, PATRICK, ROOT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/625 Message Board Post: THE REMINDER, Hastings, Mich., Tues., March 19, 2002, REMINDER has no page numbers. LETA I. ROOT HASTINGS - Leta I. ROOT, age 88, of Hastings, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at Carveth Village in Middleville. She was born on a rural Hastings area farm July 8, 1913 to Reason and Alta (FOSTER) NAYLOR. In 1935 Leta married Homer CRONK and continued farming, and they had three sons Gordon, William (Jim), and Roger. In 1953 Homer and son, Jim, passed away, at which time Leta went to work for Orchard Industries, and met and later married William ROOT Jr. Later L[e]ta worked for Hastings Aluminum Products until her retirement. William passed away in 1977. Leta was a member of the Nashville VFW Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by husbands, Homer CRONK and William ROOT Jr., son William James CRONK; grandson, Eric Roger CRONK; brothers, Howard NAYLOR, Carl NAYLOR, Earl NAYLOR, Norman NAYLOR; sisters, Rea (NAYLOR) CALLIHAN, Linnie (NAYLOR) PATRICK, Neva (NAYLOR) NEIL. Surviving are sons, Gordon (Bonnie) CRONK of Freeport, Roger (Jean) CRONK of Woodland; sister, Helen FURROW of Hastings; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held Saturday, March 16, 2002 at Hastings Township Cemetery. Rev. George Speas officiated. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice or Barry County Commission on Aging. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings.