Kenny R. Kronenberger

He was born on March 10th, 1986 to Linda Swift. He came to the Kronenberger home as a foster child at 3 days old. The Kronenberger family adopted Kenny in 1997.

Kenny attended Belleville East High School and graduated in 2008. He had Cerebral Palsy and a multitude of other diagnoses and as a disabled adult attended Trinity Services Day Program for 13 years. He enjoyed his friends at fun and learning classes, going to the YMCA with Jason Jordan 2 times a week and attending church 2 times a week and seeing friends and worshipping the Lord.

Kenny loved people, holding hands, smiling, the Cardinals, pizza, root beer, Applebee’s, a good steak, Full House, Batman, Spiderman, Elvis, Joy FM, Pretty Women and always took every opportunity to ask them to marry him. He loved spending his days with his friends at Trinity and he loved his van driver, Katy.

He is preceded in death by his father, Ronald James Kronenberger and grandpa, George Kronenberger.

Kenny is survived by his mother, Pamela Sue Kronenberger, his grandmother, Alvina Kronenberger, his siblings; Chris (Tina) Kronenberger, Wyoming, Daren (Karen) Kronenberger, Indiana, Wendy Reische, Florida and Scott (Andrea) Kronenberger of Belleville, Illinois.

Nieces and nephews; Noah (Tiffany) Kronenberger, Wyoming, Levi and Elizabeth Kronenberger, Wyoming, Megan and Devan Kronenberger, Indiana, Allyson (Spencer) Cain, Arkansas, Rachel and Hanna Reische, Florida, great-nieces and great-nephews; Scott Long, Indiana, Freyja and Luna Schaffer, Indiana, Cooper and Callie Sue Cain, Arkansas, Daxton Taylor, Florida. He is further survived by Uncles and Aunts, Randy (Meda) Kronenberger, Georgia, Darlene (Ralph) Neumeyer, Illinois, Barb Campbell, Missouri, Pat (Jim) Burke, Missouri, Sharon McAnalty, Missouri and Karen Holt, Illinois.

Special Thank You to Jason Jordan (Kenny’s brother from another mother), Eric and Valerie Wiley and family. And a special Thanks to his big brother, Scott, who was there every day helping get ready for the day and being there to the end, by his side. Also Dr. Desia, Evelyn’s House, and Doctors and Nurses at BJC, for the love, compassion and amazing care they gave Kenny.

Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Illinois.

Funeral will be at 12:00 pm, Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Illinois.

Interment will follow in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Illinois.

Memorials may be made to the Colleen Nesbit Memorial Foundation at http/colleennesbitfoundation.org