Ronald Munson

Obituary of Ronald Dale Munson

Ronald Dale Munson: Husband, Father, Brother, and Friend, passed peacefully at home with his wife of 43 years at his side on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Born in San Jose, CA on August 5, 1947, Ron was the second child of Ernest and Ella Mae (Moon) Munson. He grew up in San Jose, and picked apricots as a youth and began working as a car upholsterer when he was 16 years old. He graduated from Blackford High School in San Jose, CA. He met his wife Linda on a blind date and they married in January 1967. He began a career at Lockheed Missiles & Space Company and worked in the Sunnyvale and Palo Alto facilities, transferring to the Santa Cruz Facility in 1969. For a short period of time, Ron accepted a transfer to Utah, as a Lockheed representative; returning to the Santa Cruz facility and retiring in 2007 as an Ordinance Manufacturing Engineer after 39 years of service. Ron was an avid angler since childhood, fishing the lakes, rivers and ocean of CA. He fished commercially for a time in the 1970's and was on the ocean most every weekend taking one or both of his daughters (and grandchildren) to fish with him from the time they were 5- years of age. He was well liked and respected in the Santa Cruz fishing community and was a member of The United Anglers. He was a member of the Lockheed Management Association, Santa Cruz Chapter and a past member of the Elks Lodge. Ron was preceded in death by his parents Ernest and Ella Mae Munson, and leaves behind his wife, Linda, daughters: Audrey (Eric) Goodling of Etters, PA, and Sandra (Alvaro) Villatoro of Colorado Springs, CO, grandchildren: Taylor and Madison Goodling, and Hailey, Emmarose and Ethan Villatoro. He also leaves behind his brother Lawrence Munson, sisters-in-law Kathleen (William) Davis and Florence Summers as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends. The family requests that contributions be made to Hospice of Santa Cruz County, 940 Disc Dr. Scotts Valley, Ca 95066 or to your favorite charity. A Rosary will be held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel, 1050 Cayuga St. in Santa Cruz with a Memorial Service beginning at 12 p.m. at Pacific Gardens Chapel.
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