I will never forget Ronnie, I think of him often, we were friends. Had Sophmore Social Studies with him, sat next to him. Neither of us did good in that class. One of the hardest things was to walk into the class room to my seat and Ronnie was not there anymore. He was way to young and died a very tragic death.
Ronnie was in my homeroom for a couple of years . Got know him real well and and we respected each other very much . I miss him very much. Why did he have to die so young?
Both Ronnie & I went L.M.Steen grammar school, and BHS. I will always remember in high school, we had lockers next to each other and when we had to go to the lockers at the same time, he would always race me and slam his locker door into mine, causing me not to be able to open mine. Even when I got there first, he would still slam his door open, into my open locker!! I remember his little laugh! The day after his funeral, when I went to my locker and found Ronnie's locker door open blocking mine!!! Boy, did chills run down my spine!! I always remember that. I wish he never went on that ride, he was such a great person.
I REMEMBER RONNY FROM L M STEEN SCHOOL AS MIX OF TOUGH GUY AND AS WELL AS JOKER. IT IS FUNNY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I REMEMBER HIM. HE IS GONE NOW BUT NO FORGOTTEN .......
“Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship, which struggles on in the survivor's mind toward some resolution which it may never find.” Robert Anderson
It been 50 years since he left, I still miss Ronnie. We were great friends. We would walk together to and from school every day, sometimes laughing, singing and generally horsing around. Ronnie was the most like and popular kid in class, he was warm and funny and for the most part happy. We played sports together and I can still see him running after fly balls in the school playground. But it was basketball, that where he excelled, no one could handle the ball the way he could. When Ronnie got his driver license he took me on his first drive, it was special. As we got older, we discuss about our hopes and dreams of what our lives could become. I’m not sure what his life would have been like, the only thing I know for sure is that we would have still be a great friends and he would still make me laugh.
I remember him as a funny guy. I have the article of the crash from the Record. Don't know why I keep it. I guess it's part of my history. I remember being shocked when I first saw it in the papers. It was Haloween or the night before. The ironic thing is that I believe he lost his license and probably would not been around to take a ride with Bob Schwartz that night. I remember seeing Schwartz's Mercury on display at the gas station near where it happened. They had a sign over it "Speed Equals Death". It Looked liked a twisted wet towel.
This is from the Trenton Times, November 2, 1964
James McNamee
A sensitive, kind and good natured fellow, your life was tragically short. You will live on in my memory.
Arlene Palmisano (Kubat)
I will never forget Ronnie, I think of him often, we were friends. Had Sophmore Social Studies with him, sat next to him. Neither of us did good in that class. One of the hardest things was to walk into the class room to my seat and Ronnie was not there anymore. He was way to young and died a very tragic death.
Patrick Francis Gallagher
Ronnie was in my homeroom for a couple of years . Got know him real well and and we respected each other very much . I miss him very much. Why did he have to die so young?
Joyce M. Finlayson (Hansen)
Both Ronnie & I went L.M.Steen grammar school, and BHS. I will always remember in high school, we had lockers next to each other and when we had to go to the lockers at the same time, he would always race me and slam his locker door into mine, causing me not to be able to open mine. Even when I got there first, he would still slam his door open, into my open locker!! I remember his little laugh! The day after his funeral, when I went to my locker and found Ronnie's locker door open blocking mine!!! Boy, did chills run down my spine!! I always remember that. I wish he never went on that ride, he was such a great person.
Geoffrey Krizan (8th Gr. Classmate)
I REMEMBER RONNY FROM L M STEEN SCHOOL AS MIX OF TOUGH GUY AND AS WELL AS JOKER. IT IS FUNNY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I REMEMBER HIM. HE IS GONE NOW BUT NO FORGOTTEN .......
Robert Arbasetti
“Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship, which struggles on in the survivor's mind toward some resolution which it may never find.” Robert Anderson
It been 50 years since he left, I still miss Ronnie. We were great friends. We would walk together to and from school every day, sometimes laughing, singing and generally horsing around. Ronnie was the most like and popular kid in class, he was warm and funny and for the most part happy. We played sports together and I can still see him running after fly balls in the school playground. But it was basketball, that where he excelled, no one could handle the ball the way he could. When Ronnie got his driver license he took me on his first drive, it was special. As we got older, we discuss about our hopes and dreams of what our lives could become. I’m not sure what his life would have been like, the only thing I know for sure is that we would have still be a great friends and he would still make me laugh.
Bob Arbasetti
Marilyn Louise Woolley
Ronnie's death was such a tragedy. He was a good friend to us all from grade school onto BHS. He's never been and never will be forgotten.
Robert Paul Grotto
I remember him as a funny guy. I have the article of the crash from the Record. Don't know why I keep it. I guess it's part of my history. I remember being shocked when I first saw it in the papers. It was Haloween or the night before. The ironic thing is that I believe he lost his license and probably would not been around to take a ride with Bob Schwartz that night. I remember seeing Schwartz's Mercury on display at the gas station near where it happened. They had a sign over it "Speed Equals Death". It Looked liked a twisted wet towel.