Wendy (Friberg) Cronin passed away at her home in Bradenton, Florida on November 19, 2023, age 63, due to complications from cancer. She requested to be cremated and her ashes scattered in the Gulf of Mexico. Toale Brothers Funeral home is handling the arrangements. The family is planning a memorial service at the clubhouse at Heritage Harbor as soon as feasible and further information will be forthcoming.
Wendy (Friberg) Cronin was born on June 22, 1960, to Charles and Nadine (Peggy) Friberg in Springfield, MN. She briefly lived in Hutchinson, MN then moved to Tracy, MN in 1967, where she attended elementary school and high school, graduating in 1978. After graduation she attended business school in Sioux Falls, SD and then accepted a position with Dart-Kraft in Minneapolis as an executive assistant. In 1985 she married Michael Cronin of Dayton, OH and moved there, working as an office manager at Hobart. She had two sons, Sean Cronin (1987) and Ryan Cronin (1991). In 2005 Wendy and Mike ended their marriage and Wendy ultimately moved to Bradenton, Florida where she enjoyed her home and pool and the beach and weathered several hurricanes.
Wendy is survived by her two sons, Sean Cronin(San Diego, CA) and Ryan (Brooke) Cronin (Dayton, OH) and their children, Wendy's grands, Ava (2) and Gavin (6 months) Cronin, sister Nancy (William) Kingston (Ramsey, MN), ex-husband Mike (Ann) Cronin (Dayton, OH), Aunt Genell Grund (New London, MN, aged 95) and cousins Jill Hendrickson (Gainesville, FL), Susan (Joe) McVicker (Chandler, AZ), Beth (Don) Vangsness (Fargo, ND), David Grund (Triangle, VA), Jennifer (Dan) Carrigan (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) and Phyllis and Mary Millemaci (Phoenix area, AZ).
Memorial donations should be sent to the American Cancer Society.
A memorial service is being planned for friends and family in Florida and a marker for Wendy will be installed at Indherred Lutheran Church Cemetery in Starbuck, MN, between her parents' graves there.
FUNERAL HOME
Toale Brothers Funeral Home & Crematory - Bradenton Chapel
912 53rd Ave W.
Bradenton, Florida
