Ronnie , Thanks for all the rides home in my senior year.My father always knew someone else was driving the car because the drivers seat was so far back. I have great memories of you. Sandy
I remember visiting Ron once when he had those two huge dogs, I think they were named Babe and Titan. Ron was always up beat had that fun loving twinkle in his eye. A good person who touched a lot of us.
Ron lived down the street from us at OSU,one night got a frantic phone call fron Ron---could we bail him out of jail. he had just got accepted to vet school got drunk,drove his motorcycle the wrong way down high street into the student union and through a movie screem while a movie was being shown. use to kid him that quarter he made the dean's list twice!!
I could write a book about Ron from our time living together on 13th ave in Columbus to his veterinary work on both coasts and his journey back to Ohio finally to spawn and die. If anyone has contact info for his son, I would appreciate an email with this as I have a couple of personal items and information I would like to share with him. He was a friend and a brother. PS, If anyone needs Ron's recipe for "Newtie" potatoes, I'd be glad to share it.
Most of you who read this will probably not remember me.
There might be a few who do, such as Kenny Cohen, Irv Berkowitz,
Marc Charney and maybe a few others.
I heard of Ron's passing, and the related circumstances, from a mutual friend;
Gary Stanley.
Ron, Gary and I were friends and workout partners at Ohio State.
To this day, I remember the exact moment Gary called me and told me.
Gary said he was trying to connect with Ron so he called Ron's father.
Newt told him what had happened.
I was shocked to say the least. About a year or so earlier I saw an interview on
the evening news with the head veterinarian of large animals at the San Diego
zoo. His name was Dr. Ron Gutter. He looked the same as he did when I saw him
last, he seemed very happy.
I knew Ron for about five years. We first met at the Lee Rd YMCA in our
junior year at Cleveland Heights High. I was relatively new to the area,
having moved from the Chicago area and did not have many friends.
What I soon found out was that Ron Gutter was very popular, as he should have
been.
I also found out Ron was not a slave to pretense or protocol and accepted
people for who they were; one of his many, admirable qualities.
Ron and I became very good friends; for me, a once in a lifetime type of friend.
Ron and I had a lot of "exhilarating" times together, particularly at OSU.
Some were rather eyebrow raising, to say the least.
I remember Ron's academic efforts, trying to get into vet school and get
through it. I know it was not easy for him but he did it.
He did it because the idea of not giving 150 percent for something he thought
was important was completely foreign to him. Another of his many, admirable
qualities.
Ron, and his father, helped me get through a very difficult family oriented
crisis during my senior year. Through this I learned that Ron would do anything
he possibly could to help friends that needed help, and to do it graciously.
Another of his admirable qualities.
Over the years I have realized the affect of the help has endured to this day.
Ron, I can't count the number of times in the 45 years (or so) since
I first met you I have said to others "My best friend, Ron Gutter..."
The next time you look down from up there, I hope you see this, I hope you
remember me and what a truly great friend you were.
Ron Gutter was such a sweet heart and he enjoined meeting all kinds of people and so very nice to everyone........When I heard that he passed away, so long ago, my heart broke for him.......
The people that said he was a caring friend boy was he right...There will not be another person like him.....
I miss you Ron, but you are in a better place now......Class of "69"
R.I.P. To a wonderful human being that I loved. I'm posting a picture of Ron and I at Euclid beach at Wiley jr high school barking! I still look at this picture to this day and say a prayer ! Always part of my family prayers !
Sandy Beksa (White)
Ronnie , Thanks for all the rides home in my senior year.My father always knew someone else was driving the car because the drivers seat was so far back. I have great memories of you. SandyJohn M. Lader
I remember visiting Ron once when he had those two huge dogs, I think they were named Babe and Titan. Ron was always up beat had that fun loving twinkle in his eye. A good person who touched a lot of us.Paula F. Skolnik (Goddard)
I knew Ron since elementary school. He was one of a kind. The good kind.Kenny Cohen
Ron lived down the street from us at OSU,one night got a frantic phone call fron Ron---could we bail him out of jail. he had just got accepted to vet school got drunk,drove his motorcycle the wrong way down high street into the student union and through a movie screem while a movie was being shown. use to kid him that quarter he made the dean's list twice!!Barbara Cohen (Smoloff)
RON GUTTER ASKED ME TO GO STEADY ON THE PHONE AND WAS SO SHY HE PUT HIS ID BRACELET IN MY MILKSHOOT,,,I MISS HIM...BARB COHENMichael Horlak (Horlak)
I could write a book about Ron from our time living together on 13th ave in Columbus to his veterinary work on both coasts and his journey back to Ohio finally to spawn and die. If anyone has contact info for his son, I would appreciate an email with this as I have a couple of personal items and information I would like to share with him. He was a friend and a brother. PS, If anyone needs Ron's recipe for "Newtie" potatoes, I'd be glad to share it.James Booth
Most of you who read this will probably not remember me.
There might be a few who do, such as Kenny Cohen, Irv Berkowitz,
Marc Charney and maybe a few others.
I heard of Ron's passing, and the related circumstances, from a mutual friend;
Gary Stanley.
Ron, Gary and I were friends and workout partners at Ohio State.
To this day, I remember the exact moment Gary called me and told me.
Gary said he was trying to connect with Ron so he called Ron's father.
Newt told him what had happened.
I was shocked to say the least. About a year or so earlier I saw an interview on
the evening news with the head veterinarian of large animals at the San Diego
zoo. His name was Dr. Ron Gutter. He looked the same as he did when I saw him
last, he seemed very happy.
I knew Ron for about five years. We first met at the Lee Rd YMCA in our
junior year at Cleveland Heights High. I was relatively new to the area,
having moved from the Chicago area and did not have many friends.
What I soon found out was that Ron Gutter was very popular, as he should have
been.
I also found out Ron was not a slave to pretense or protocol and accepted
people for who they were; one of his many, admirable qualities.
Ron and I became very good friends; for me, a once in a lifetime type of friend.
Ron and I had a lot of "exhilarating" times together, particularly at OSU.
Some were rather eyebrow raising, to say the least.
I remember Ron's academic efforts, trying to get into vet school and get
through it. I know it was not easy for him but he did it.
He did it because the idea of not giving 150 percent for something he thought
was important was completely foreign to him. Another of his many, admirable
qualities.
Ron, and his father, helped me get through a very difficult family oriented
crisis during my senior year. Through this I learned that Ron would do anything
he possibly could to help friends that needed help, and to do it graciously.
Another of his admirable qualities.
Over the years I have realized the affect of the help has endured to this day.
Ron, I can't count the number of times in the 45 years (or so) since
I first met you I have said to others "My best friend, Ron Gutter..."
The next time you look down from up there, I hope you see this, I hope you
remember me and what a truly great friend you were.
Robin Aaron
Ron Gutter was such a sweet heart and he enjoined meeting all kinds of people and so very nice to everyone........When I heard that he passed away, so long ago, my heart broke for him.......
The people that said he was a caring friend boy was he right...There will not be another person like him.....
I miss you Ron, but you are in a better place now......Class of "69"
R.I.P.
Love Robin
Charles, (Chuck) Balcher
Ron was very popular. Seemed to have everything going for him. A real role model.
Joel Newman
R.I.P. To a wonderful human being that I loved. I'm posting a picture of Ron and I at Euclid beach at Wiley jr high school barking! I still look at this picture to this day and say a prayer ! Always part of my family prayers !