Funeral services for Harold Cronin, 73, Snyder will be at 2:00pm Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel, Snyder with Charles Calvin, Manitou, OK and Chaplain Harland Johnson, Promise Care Hospice officiating. Mr. Cronin died Tuesday at his home in Snyder. Burial with military honors will be at the IOOF Cemetery, South of Indiahoma, OK under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. ** The family will greet friends Thursday evening at the funeral home from 6pm until 8pm ** He was born June 7, 1937 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He attended school in Texas for two years, and later moved to Indiahoma where he graduated high school in 1955. He lived and farmed Southwest of Indiahoma all through school. He worked for a brief time in Fort Worth for General Dynamics, and later attended GMAC Training in Oklahoma City, after working six years for Chevrolet dealerships in Magnolia, AR and Snyder, OK. He held many mechanic certificates and honors. He was drafted into the US Army in 1961. He did his training in Ft. Collins, CO, Ft. Chaffie, AR and at Ft. Sill, OK. He was stationed in the United States, Germany and France. He was a sharpshooter, trained on the M1 Rifle, the M-14, the Carbine and the .45 pistol. He was honorably discharged in 1967. He had lived in Snyder since 1963, but still farmed and raised cattle on the family farm in Indiahoma until the mid 1970's. He was married to Marita Dale Butcher on March 12, 1964. They were married for twenty six years and had one daughter, Stefanie Dale Cronin-Jensen who was born December 22, 1969. " He was her Hero ". He has since been in a loving relationship with his partner and soul mate, Sadie Payne for twenty years. They lived together in Snyder until his death. Harold has one grandson, Trevor Cronin Skinner. His grandson has learned a lot from him, and is like him in so many ways, taking up the backhoe and other equipment with ease. They even have the same walk. He was very proud of him. Harold was a great mechanic and could about fix anything. He owned and operated his own construction company for thirty-eight years, doing many projects in Snyder and the surrounding areas. He built bridges in four states and in many counties in Oklahoma. If you needed a dirt job done, Harold was the man to call. He started working for Shoestring Enterprises in 2001, where he did directional drilling and construction. He worked most days side by side with co-worker Jerry Ishmell. He considered Jerry not only a co-worker, but a friend as well. He was with Shoestring until the middle of 2010, when he was forced into retirement by his illness. Quitting work was extremely hard and a huge adjustment for him. He loved the work he did, and was always proud of his accomplishments. He is survived by his daughter Stefanie Cronin Jensen and her husband Erick Richard Jensen, grandson Trevor Cronin Skinner and his partner and soul mate Billie Jean "Sadie" Payne all of Snyder, OK. He is also survived by two nephews, Johnnie Sprayberry and his wife Betty of Magnolia, AR and Richard Cronin of California. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Clarence and Anna Mae (Ayler) Cronin, and two sisters, Josephine Cronin (who died at 27) and Beatrice Cronin Sprayberry.