Obituary of Martha A. Cronise

Martha Alice (Westgate) Cronise of Macedon (former longtime resident of Greece) passed away at age 93 on July 30, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Martha was born January 5, 1929, in Lakewood, Pennsylvania, where she grew up on a dairy farm. She was the 3rd of 7 children born to Arnold and Alice Lobez Westgate. She attended Preston High School in Lakewood, PA, graduating in 1946. She earned her AAS in Industrial Chemistry from RIT in 1949 and worked at Eastman Kodak Co. as a research chemist where she met her future husband. She married Donald Cronise on August 13th, 1949. They would have celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary next week. Martha was a wise, loving, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and volunteer. She was an active member of the Greece United Methodist Church for many years and involved in United Methodist Women among other committees. Martha was a 4-H leader, teaching all of her children cooking and sewing, along with gardening and woodworking projects with Don. Martha enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, calligraphy, swimming at the YMCA, as well as canning and freezing vegetables from their garden. In their retirement, she and Don enjoyed travelling throughout the U.S. In 1999 Martha travelled solo to Thailand and Malaysia. She was a special guest at the wedding of their "adopted" children, Myat Lwin and Jeannie Khaw in Malaysia and visited her cousin Jim Westgate in Thailand. She was a great supporter of all her childrens' activities and sports. Martha is survived by her husband, Donald Cronise; her brother Paul Westgate, her sisters Trudy Boas and Margaret Barber, and sister-in-law Shirley Westgate; her children, Susan (Graham) Biddle, Richard (Rita) Cronise, William (Jeanne) Cronise, Delbert (Evelyn) Cronise, Carol Cronise Stash, and Robert (Alexia) Cronise; her grandchildren Jonathan (Katie Ruberti) Cronise, Taryn (Dan Burchill) Cronise, Brian (Kara) Cronise, Daniel (Maryann Keene) Cronise, Justin (Christina Walsh) Cronise, Jordan (Hannah) Fernweh, Kaitlyn (Mitch Makowski) Cronise, Amelia (Jody Wegman) Stash, Gabriel Stash, Nolen Cronise, and Ellia Cronise; and her great grandchildren, Galen Keene-Cronise, Elliot Keene-Cronise, Anna Keene-Cronise, Isis Walsh-Cronise, Jesper Walsh-Cronise, Hailey Cronise, Madison Cronise, Brooke Cronise, and Wilhelmina Fernweh, soon-to-be great-grandson baby Burchill, and all her amazing caregivers who have become family over the past 4 ½ years including Steph, Denise, Alica, Celeste, Niki, Laura and Bri. Martha has many nieces, nephews, and their families throughout the country. Martha is predeceased by her parents Arnold and Alice Lobez Westgate, grandchildren Greta and Peter Stash, sister Gladys (Westgate) Alger, brothers Elliott and Ralph Westgate, brothers-in-law Bob Barber and Dick Boas, and sisters-in-law Lois Westgate, Lila Westgate, and Doris McClellan. Calling hours will be Friday, August 5, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Fuller Funeral Home, Inc. 190 Buffalo St. Canandaigua. A 12:30 funeral service will follow at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery of Canandaigua. Donations in Martha's name may be made to Greece United Methodist Church, 1924 Maiden Lane, Rochester, NY 14626 To share a memory or express condolences online please visit www.fullerfh.com