EAST PEORIA, IL - Esther R. Cronk, 84, of Champaign, formerly of East Peoria, died at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at the Meadowbrook Healthcare Center in Urbana, Ill.
Esther was born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Peoria, the daughter of Sherman and Minnie Wallen Cline. She married William Cronk on Nov. 17, 1956, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Bryan (Ursula) Cronk of Wake Forest, N.C., and Robert (Melanie) Cronk of Washington; one daughter, Jael (Steve) Thorp of Champaign; two sisters, Eva Braker of Deer Creek and Mildred Hudson of Morton; five grandchildren, Christopher Cronk, Melissa Cronk, Rebecca Rhodes, Sarah Thorp and Tim Thorp; and two great-grandsons, James Cronk and Ransom Rhodes.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Robert.
Esther loved china painting and created many treasured pieces for her family as a member of the Peoria Art Guild. She liked gardening and had a particular fondness for roses, lilies, lilacs, hollyhocks and African violets. Esther cared deeply for animals and supported animal rescue efforts, taking in many rescue cats in her lifetime. She was a homemaker and gave to the community by giving blood and platelets regularly.
Esther loved her family and enjoyed being with them at gatherings, where she cooked food everyone desired. She took her children and grandchildren on special trips and spent time with her husband on activities such as jogging and the arts. Those memories endure.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on Oct. 6, 2013
Esther was born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Peoria, the daughter of Sherman and Minnie Wallen Cline. She married William Cronk on Nov. 17, 1956, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Bryan (Ursula) Cronk of Wake Forest, N.C., and Robert (Melanie) Cronk of Washington; one daughter, Jael (Steve) Thorp of Champaign; two sisters, Eva Braker of Deer Creek and Mildred Hudson of Morton; five grandchildren, Christopher Cronk, Melissa Cronk, Rebecca Rhodes, Sarah Thorp and Tim Thorp; and two great-grandsons, James Cronk and Ransom Rhodes.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Robert.
Esther loved china painting and created many treasured pieces for her family as a member of the Peoria Art Guild. She liked gardening and had a particular fondness for roses, lilies, lilacs, hollyhocks and African violets. Esther cared deeply for animals and supported animal rescue efforts, taking in many rescue cats in her lifetime. She was a homemaker and gave to the community by giving blood and platelets regularly.
Esther loved her family and enjoyed being with them at gatherings, where she cooked food everyone desired. She took her children and grandchildren on special trips and spent time with her husband on activities such as jogging and the arts. Those memories endure.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on Oct. 6, 2013
EAST PEORIA, IL - Esther R. Cronk, 84, of Champaign, formerly of East Peoria, died at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at the Meadowbrook Healthcare Center in Urbana, Ill.
Esther was born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Peoria, the daughter of Sherman and Minnie Wallen Cline. She married William Cronk on Nov. 17, 1956, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Bryan (Ursula) Cronk of Wake Forest, N.C., and Robert (Melanie) Cronk of Washington; one daughter, Jael (Steve) Thorp of Champaign; two sisters, Eva Braker of Deer Creek and Mildred Hudson of Morton; five grandchildren, Christopher Cronk, Melissa Cronk, Rebecca Rhodes, Sarah Thorp and Tim Thorp; and two great-grandsons, James Cronk and Ransom Rhodes.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Robert.
Esther loved china painting and created many treasured pieces for her family as a member of the Peoria Art Guild. She liked gardening and had a particular fondness for roses, lilies, lilacs, hollyhocks and African violets. Esther cared deeply for animals and supported animal rescue efforts, taking in many rescue cats in her lifetime. She was a homemaker and gave to the community by giving blood and platelets regularly.
Esther loved her family and enjoyed being with them at gatherings, where she cooked food everyone desired. She took her children and grandchildren on special trips and spent time with her husband on activities such as jogging and the arts. Those memories endure.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on Oct. 6, 2013
Esther was born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Peoria, the daughter of Sherman and Minnie Wallen Cline. She married William Cronk on Nov. 17, 1956, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Bryan (Ursula) Cronk of Wake Forest, N.C., and Robert (Melanie) Cronk of Washington; one daughter, Jael (Steve) Thorp of Champaign; two sisters, Eva Braker of Deer Creek and Mildred Hudson of Morton; five grandchildren, Christopher Cronk, Melissa Cronk, Rebecca Rhodes, Sarah Thorp and Tim Thorp; and two great-grandsons, James Cronk and Ransom Rhodes.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Robert.
Esther loved china painting and created many treasured pieces for her family as a member of the Peoria Art Guild. She liked gardening and had a particular fondness for roses, lilies, lilacs, hollyhocks and African violets. Esther cared deeply for animals and supported animal rescue efforts, taking in many rescue cats in her lifetime. She was a homemaker and gave to the community by giving blood and platelets regularly.
Esther loved her family and enjoyed being with them at gatherings, where she cooked food everyone desired. She took her children and grandchildren on special trips and spent time with her husband on activities such as jogging and the arts. Those memories endure.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on Oct. 6, 2013
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