Biography
Cronk was born January 19, 1904, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was brought to Los Angeles in 1910. He was graduated from the University of Southern California. He and his wife had two daughters, Constance (later Mrs. John Lamer) and Sally (later Mrs. Stanley Lewis Walsh). They lived at 899 Victoria Avenue.
He began his Los Angeles insurance business in 1924. During World War II he was an instructor at North American Aviation. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, Trojan Club, Sons of the American Revolution, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Lakeside Country Club and the Masons. After his City Council service ended in 1953, he was county campaign director for the American Cancer Society and later the finance director for Southern California for the California Taxpayers Association.
He died June 15, 1996.
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