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Ronald Wolney, age 67, of rural Spicer, MN and Trinity, FL and formerly of Roseville, MN died at his home on Nest Lake near Spicer.
Ronald is survived by his wife, Linda, 2 children, 2 grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Ron worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers until his retirement. He served in the US Army 10th Cavalry division during the Vietnam War. Ron enjoyed computers, could fix almost anything, was a great dancer and was know as "The Grillmaster" Ron had a radio voice that made everyone look up and take notice.
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James T. Callander
After reading about Ron's passing, I started to think about how grateful I am to him.
December 5th '65 Ron, I and several other MV grads were drafted by the US Army. We were all sent to the 4th Infantry Division where we trained for several months with the 1/10 Cavalry. It was clear our destination was Viet Nam. Shortly before we deployed I was transferred to a Engineer Battalion. I did not see much of the guys for the next 13 months, until we returned home. Then the celebrations of our safe return began and continued for several weeks. During one of those celbrations at Flarety's, Ron spilled a beer. The spilled beer was headed for a lovely young lady sitting at our table. To avoid the spill she moved around the table and sat next to me. We began to talk and have not stopped talking since. In August we will celebrate our 46th anniversary.
Thanks Ron, I will be forever grateful for the spilled beer!
Jon M. Meade
Hi, Jimmy...How are you?? Hope to see you at the reunion, my old friend.
Yes, that's right, Robert did have this incredible voice, which seemed to be custom made for radio or tv.
He probably could have made a living doing Hollywood voice-overs had he wanted to...
And another Vietnam Vet, too. Semper Fi Robert.