Tribute; Carolyn Marie (Heitman) Cronrath

Carolyn Cronrath was born to Louis and Marie (Brammer) Heitmann October 27, 1926, in Gifford, Idaho.

She graduated from Gifford High School in 1944. After high school, she worked as a secretary for Buckley State Custodial School until entering Kinman Business College in Spokane and graduating December 21, 1945. She attended Pacific Lutheran College in Parkland, Wash. for spring semester 1946. In late 1946, she went to work for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in Yakima as a service representative.

In summer 1951, she attended a young adult retreat at Lutherhaven in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho where sh...