Walter “Rocky” Kronimus III was born May 17, 1944, in Garden City to Elizabeth Becker and Walter Kronimus Jr. He married Lucia Leone on April 9, 1967. They lived in Levittown until he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served in Fort Knox, Kentucky and was later stationed in Vietnam. Upon his return from Vietnam, he, along with his father and father-in-law, built the house in which he raised his family and lived for 45 years.
Mr. Kronimus was a construction electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #25 for 40 years. He was an ardent amateur radio operator and enjoyed helping out at parades and bike races with others in his ham radio club. He enjoyed sailing and camping and was a longtime enthusiastic fan, and shareholder, of the Green Bay Packers.
