Otto Roy Kroning, 80, died Sunday at the home of his daughter in Dearborn Heights.
Born June 30, 1919, in Detroit, he was the son of Otto Richard and Anna (Wirth) Kroening.
He married Mary E. Thorburn on Jan. 10, 1942, in Detroit.
A former resident of Dearborn Heights, Otto was employed by Ford Motor Co. for 42 years; he started at age 15 as one of the original students at Henry Ford Trade School. Otto was a tool-and-die-maker and later worked as a process engineer. He spent his whole career with Ford at the Dearborn assembly plant. Otto was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Wolverene Lodge No. 484 in Detroit. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Guam.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Kingsley; three children, Beverly A. Kroning of Dearborn Heights, Judith (Robert) Gutowski of Canton, and David R. (Maureen) Kroning of Pear River, NY; and six grandchildren, Gregory, Gary, Robert, James, Kyle and Kayla.
Otto was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and two brothers.
Visitation will take place from 3:30 to 8 p.m. today at Covell-Smith Funeral Home in Kingsley.
A "Celebration of Life" service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Clark Cemetery in Fife Lake.
