Obituary of Ron Spain

ON APRIL 30TH, 2016 RON SPAIN WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD. HIS LAST DAY WAS SPENT WORKING IN HIS GARAGE, GOING OUT AND GETTING THE FAMILY DINNER AND BEING THE MAN WE ALL KNEW HIM TO BE. HE WILL BE TRULY MISSED BY ALL OF US. RON WAS BORN IN POTOMAC, IL ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1938 TO THE LATE FRED THOMAS SPAIN AND HULDA ALENA HOSKINS. WHEN HE WAS 17 HE JOINED THE NAVY AND SPENT 4 YEARS TRAVELING THE WORLD ON THE USS TICONDEROGA AND THE USS ESSIX CARRIERS WHERE HE BECAME A BARBER. RON MARRIED ROSEMARY BUECHE IN 1963 IN NILES, MI AND THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 52 YEARS. THEY RAISED 4 BOYS TOGETHER AND STAYED IN NILES. IN 1979 RON STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY CALLED ST LAMINATING IN ELKHART, IN AND OPERATED IT TILL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999. RON SPENT HIS RETIREMENT YEARS WORKING IN HIS GARAGE, GOING TO AUCTIONS, WORKING ON CARS AND HIS LAWN MOWERS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED HIS MOTORHOME AND MADE MANY TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. RON IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ROSEMARY, SONS, JIM(JOANNE)GIPSON, MIKE(DANITA)GIPSON, RON(ELIZEBETH) GIPSON, TOM(VICKIE)SPAIN, RON(EMILIE)SARRATORE. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY GRAND CHILDREN JOSEPH (DANIELLE)GIPSON, ALICIA(CHRIS) PARKER, WHITNEY SPAIN, KAYLA GIPSON, BRIAN SPAIN, GRACE SARRATORE AND BELLA SARRATORE. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, OSCAR GIPSON, ANNABELLE GIPSON AND CAMDEN PARKER. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SISTERS BEVERLY, LAVERN AND JULIA. RON HAD TWO VERY SPECIAL BROTHERS FRED AND FRANK SPAIN AND BROTHER IN LAW ROGER MARROW WHOM HE SPEND MANY HOURS WITH WORKING ON ANYTHING WITH AN ENGINE AND BEING OUR MENTORS GROWING UP. YOU ARE ALL MISSED VERY MUCH. THERE WILL BE NO VISISTATION OR FUNERAL AT RONS REQUEST.