Croninger, Robert A.

The body of Lieut. Robert A. Croninger arrived here at 12:43 pm Saturday for funeral services and re-burial in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami. Young Croninger, 23 when he was killed Nov 14, 1945, while serving with American forces on Leyte Island in the Pacific, would have been 26 years old yesterday. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Croninger; a brother, David C. Croninger, also of Miami, and a sister, Mrs. R. O. Skinner of Rangely Colorado. Funeral rites will be conducted at 10 am Wednesday at the First Methodist church. There will be a short talk by supt R. C. Nichols of the Miami schools. The Rev. H. H. Cody will have charge of the service. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will furnish colors and the bugler and American Legion members will serve as pallbearers. The family request that no flowers be sent. Burial will be under direction of the Cooper funeral home.