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Ronald Booth

[August 19, 2013]  MARION -- Ronald Ray Booth, 77, died in the early morning on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at his home in Marion.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

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Marion- Ronald Ray Booth, 77, passed away in the early morning on Friday, August 16, 2013 at his home in Marion IL.

Ronald was born on February 12, 1936 in Chicago, IL, son of John Vivian and Alma Marie Crumpler Booth. He was united in marriage to Barbara Holan on December 6, 1958 in Chicago. He is survived by his wife of Marion, IL; his daughter Janice Marie Johnson of Birch Tree MO; son Lawrence "Larry" (Kelly) Martin of Middletown; grandchildren: Shereen (Craig) Pettit, Dawnna Nicole (Nathan) Patterson, and Alexander Michael (Lindsay) Booth; and great grandson Jonathon Pettit. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers: James Dennis and John Samuel Booth.

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Ronald was a graduate of Lincoln High School. He taught high school sciences; employed by the Illinois Association of School Boards for a number of years; on the school board of Glendale Heights; and worked the last 30 years as a labor negotiator for the school districts of Illinois. Ronald was an avid sports fan and he was a lover of all kinds of animals.

Graveside services for Ronald will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Richmond Grove Cemetery in New Holland. A visitation will be held from 4-7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 20 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the Humane Society of Logan County.