Tombstone Tuesday: Walter and Betsy Cronkite - Follow Up

Betsy Cronkite preceded her husband in death and was originally marked with the stone pictured below. This marker was removed when Mr. Cronkite's cremated remains were interred and the new joint marker placed.

Cronkite

Mary E. (Betsy) Maxwell

Jan. 25      Mar. 15

1916         2005

Walter and Betsy Cronkite

I grew  up listening to Walter Cronkite and the news will never be the same without him. Cronkite's creamated remains are interred with his wife in Mount Moriah and Freeman Cemetery in south Kansas City, MO. The marker for his wife, Betsy, who preceded him in death, was replaced with this new marker below.

Walter L. Jr.

Cronkite

November 4, 1916

July 17, 2009

Mary E. (Betsy)

Maxwell

January 25, 1916

March 15, 2005

Married March 30, 1940

May they rest in peace and be remembered fondly.