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- F. Nels Kronen (add)
- M. Mary Espe (add)
- Palmer Maurice Kronen1923 - 2014
Facts and Events
| Name |
Palmer Maurice Kronen |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
26 May 1923 |
Plentywood, Sheridan, Montana, United States |
| Census[4] |
1930 |
Sheridan, Montana, United States |
| Marriage |
18 Jun 1950 |
Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United Statesto Esther Marie Mayer |
| Death[1][2] |
21 Apr 2014 |
Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States |
| Obituary[5] |
18 Jul 2014 |
Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States |
| Burial[1] |
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Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Palmer Maurice Kronen, Memorial 166015061, Created by: Kirk B Mayer 24 Jun 2016, in Find A Grave
accessed 25 Jun 2019.
Palmer Maurice Kronen
BIRTH 23 May 1923 USA
DEATH 21 Apr 2014 (aged 90) Montana, USA
BURIAL Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA
[No photograph of gravestone, but see wife's memorial]
He was born in Plentywood, one of twins born to Nils and Mary Kronen. Graduated from Plentywood High School in 1941. Attended Concordia Colege in Moorhead, Minnesota, then the University of Montana. Served in the US Army during WW11 (1945-1946) and was in Okinawa when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war he was stationed in Japan until discharge. Returning to Montana, graduating in Pharmacy in 1950. Palmer Maurice Kronen married Esther Marie Mayer, a teacher, on June 18, 1950, in Missoula County, Montana. In 1954 he and his wife Esther Marie (Mayer) opened Palmers Drug store in Missoula. They have two adopted children: Kathy Marie & John Douglas Kronen. His wife Esther Marie died from cancer October 28, 1987. In December 1989, Palmer married Anne Waltermire, a nurse at St. Patrick Hospital.
Palmer served on several boards, including the Montana Board of Pharmacists, Community Medical Center Board and the Missoula Elementary School Board. He was past president of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lutheran Social Services No. 13 Adoption Agency and the Sentinel Kiwanis Club. Professionally, he won Montana Pharmacist of the Year in 1970, the Bowl of Hygeia award for Montana from the A.H. Robins Pharmaceutical Co. in 1975 and the Family Pharmacist Father Ravalli Good Samaritan Award in 1984.
Spouse: Esther Marie Mayer Kronen 1922–1987
- ↑ Montana, United States. Montana, United States. Montana, Death Index, 1907-2015: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2001).
Name: Palmer Maurice Kronen
Death Date: 21 Apr 2014
Death Place: Missoula, Missoula, Montana, USA
- ↑ Montana, United States. Birth Index, 1870-1986: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. , 2017).
Name: Palmer M Kronen
Birth Date: 26 May 1923
Birth Place: Sheridan, Montana, USA
Certificate Number: SDN 1031
- ↑ School distict 42, Sheridan, Montana, in United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
ED 46-35, HH 15, Fam 16.
Kronen, Nels, owns farm, 39, married age 31, b. Norway, both parents b. Norway, immigrated 1910, naturalized, speaks English, farmer, general farm, not a veteran
, Maria, 34, married age 26, b. Norway, both parents b. Norway, immigrated 1915, naturalized, speaks English
, Jennette, step-daughter, 11, b. North Dakota, both parents b. Norway
, Palmer M., son, 6, b. MT
, Gudrun N., daughter, 6, b. MT
- ↑ Anne Kronen • Palmer Kronen Missoulian, Missoula, Montana, 18 July 2014
accessed 25 Jun 2019.
MISSOULA – A joint memorial service for Anne and Palmer Kronen will be held Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Anne passed away June 18, 2014, in Missoula at the age of 90, and Palmer passed earlier in the year, on April 21, 2014, also at age 90.
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