Ronald Carl Simon, 67, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, in Avon Park, Fla.
Mr. Simon was born in Antigo on March 5, 1942, a son of Carl Simon and the late Nan Simon. He graduated from Antigo High School in 1960 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force serving from 1961 to 1965. He then worked in civil service as a vehicle maintenance manager with the U.S. Air Force retiring in 2004. He was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church.
On April 11, 1964, he married Barbara Hamilton in California. After his retirement, he and his wife traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad and he enjoyed golfing at the many courses in the country.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Donna (Bill) Schlanker, Oakland, Calif., and Cindy (Wayne) Ferguson, Hurst, Texas, a son, Jeffrey (Cici), Abilene, Texas, and two grandchildren.
He is further survived by his father, Carl Simon, Antigo, three brothers, Donald (Rita), Antigo, Jerome, Merton, and Kenneth (Karen), Kellnersville, and two sisters, Carnan Simon, Antigo, and Alice (Joe) Zuelsdorff, Merrill. Also surviving him are two sisters-in-law, Kay Simon, Avon Park, and Bev (Ray) Bostwick, Bryant, and a brother-in-law, Denny (Linda) Hackett of California.
He was preceded in death by his mother, two brothers, Roger and Conrad Simon, a sister-in-law, Audrey Simon, a brother-in-law, Lawrence Nelson, and his mother and father-in-law.
A memorial service was held Thursday in Avon Park, Fla.
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