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Leta Irene NAYLOR

Female 1913 - 2002  (88 years)


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  • Name Leta Irene NAYLOR  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 8 Jul 1913  Barry, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 882 
    Death 13 Mar 2002  Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I882  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Reason Elmer NAYLOR,   b. 11 Jan 1879, Madison, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1953, Barry, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alta FOSTER,   b. Abt 1883, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1971, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1902  Wood, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • The 50th anniversary newspaper announcement states that Reason and Alta were married in Bowling Green, Ohio.
    Family ID F274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Homer CRONK,   b. 1900, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Roger CRONK  [natural]
    Family ID F258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 William ROOT, Jr 
    Family ID F374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jul 1913 - Barry, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 2002 - Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.

      THE REMINDER, Hastings, Mich., Tues., Mar. 19, 2002 [THE REMINDER has no page nos.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S95] 1920 US Federal Census, Location: Hastings, Barry, Michigan, States; Roll: T625_756; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 418. Found on ancestry.com.

    2. [S96] 1930 US Federal Census, Location: Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0012, sheet 4A, family 81, line 1, NARA microfilm publication T626; roll 974; FHL microfilm: 2,340,709. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    4. [S100] 1940 US Federal Census, Location: Hastings Township, Barry, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-12, sheet 8B, family 176, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1726. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S111] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, Location: Wood, Ohio, United States, reference p 140 no 9919; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 409,704. Found on familysearch.org.


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