Patricia Kronenberger
Patricia Joanne Kronenberger passed away after a brief illness at Winchester Medical Center on Thursday, May 22, 2014. She was surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born in Cleveland, OH in 1932, and was the daughter of Warren and Felice Davis.
Pat was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed spending time with her family, camping, boating, fishing, antiquing and needleworking. She loved the many summers spent “down at the River” on the Chesapeake Bay where she taught her grandchildren to fish and to crab as well as the family’s vacation each year at their Nags Head, NC, beach house which was filled with laughter.
Pat provided administrative support at the Franciscan Monastery in Stephens City, VA, for many years as well as accounting support at Wayside Theatre in Middletown, VA.
Pat is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, John “Jack” Kronenberger of Stephens City, VA, whom she married on February 19, 1955, at St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow, PA. Her other survivors include five devoted children daughters, Dianne Leipold of Newark, DE, Susan Clark and her husband, Jerry, of Middletown, VA, Laurie Wallace of Winchester, VA and Lynne Laird and her husband, Brian of Winchester, VA: son, Jack Kronenberger and his wife, Lynn, of Tabernacle, NJ; and ten grandchildren, Dan, Paul, Kelly, Gwendolyn, Jessica, Matthew, Erica, Evan, Cooper, and Jaklyn. She was pre-deceased by her brother Warren Davis of Colchester, CT, and one grandson, John Henry Kronenberger.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM and 6:00 – 8:00 PM, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel. A Recitation of the Rosary will be conducted at 5:00 PM at the funeral home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church with Father Stanley J. Krempa officiating. Interment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park, Frederick County, Virginia.
Memorial Contributions in Pat’s name may be made to National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY, 10016.