Marilyn Griffith Cronin

Intermountain Catholic

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SALT LAKE CITY — Marilyn Griffith Cronin passed away Jan. 5, 2013 due to the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. 

Cronin was born in Salt Lake City on Dec. 10, 1931 to Henry Griffith and Ruth Rasmason Griffith. She worked as a receptionist at Television City for about two years and married Joseph F. Cronin Jr. in 1950. She volunteered as a schoolyard mom and later volunteered in the Judge Memorial Catholic High School cafeteria. She also was a volunteer Pink Lady at Holy Cross Hospital and served as president of the Pink Lady group for two years.

After the close of Holy Cross Hospital, she became an active member of the Salt Lake City Assistance League and performed with the singing group "Act Three" for several years. She was also active in the League’s "Operation School Bell," fitting clothes on disadvantaged children, the "Better Tomorrows Program," which provided help to adults seeking assistance and volunteered at the Assistance League Thrift Store. She was an active member of the Lady Elks and guided her husband through the chairs at Salt Lake City Lodge #85 and later, the offices of The Utah Elks Association. She was active in PEO Chapter N and was a member of the Red Hats Club.

Cronin is survived by 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; husband; daughters Mary Wendell (Winn), Kathy Hill (Chris), Patti Farrell (Pat), Michelle Jones (Frank); and sons Joseph F. Cronin III (Pam) and John Kelly Cronin (Gini).

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church.