YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Funeral arrangements are pending for former Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Maureen Cronin who passed away over the weekend at the age of 64.

Judge Cronin was the first woman to become Youngstown City Prosecutor after being appointed in 1988 by then-mayor Patrick Ungaro.

She also became the first woman elected as a Common Pleas Court Judge in Mahoning County in 1994.

"She was always willing to take on a fight when she decided to run for the court of common pleas, "said Youngstown Law Director and former colleague Jeff Limbian. "She was sort of seen as a motivating force for women on the women in the valley and I think it left a mark on the city of Youngstown and on Mahoning County. "

Cronin held that judicial position until 2007 when she resigned shortly before her second OVI conviction.

In 2010, Cronin began serving a 27-month sentence in federal prison for failing to report an $18,000 loan from Valley businessperson Flora Cafaro, whose family's company had several cases before her court.

She was released from prison after serving more than two years of that sentence and was released from probation in 2014.

After her release, the former judge served as the executive director of the Midlothian Free Health Clinic in Youngstown.