Ronald Dale Ziska

1933 - 2017

Ronald Dale Ziska obituary, 1933-2017, Dawsonville, IL

BORN

1933

DIED

2017

FUNERAL HOME

Lake View Funeral Home

5000 North Illinois Street

Fairview Heights, Illinois

Ronald Ziska Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 14, 2017.

Ronald D. Ziska, 84, of Dawsonville, Georgia, born August 18, 1933, in Belleville, Illinois, passed away, Tuesday, December 12, 2017, in Gainesville, Georgia.

Ron Ziska was one of 3 boys and grew up in Signal Hill, IL and spent time on his family's farm on the weekends. He and his brother Dave and father Fred had horses and he loved playing cowboys and Indians on horseback and hunting, fishing and playing cards with the extended family. He met his future wife Ruth (Sporleder) in 9th grade at Belleville High, where Ron played basketball and worked at his family's business "Ziska Coal & Hauling". After high school Ron attended and graduated from Washington University. He married his high school sweetheart Ruth in 1956, and they had their first daughter Gay Lynn in 1957. Ron first worked for the state of Illinois Highway Dept. Then spent the majority of his career as an appraiser and property manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance. Ron and Ruth had 2 more daughters, Leslie Ann and Penny Dale and moved to TN, NC and then GA where he eventually retired.

Ron had a kind, gentle, fun-loving nature and never had a cross word for anyone he ever met. He was the life of the party and enjoyed talking to people. He was a true original in everything he did, he took his trumpet to baseball games, drove a VW bug with a horn under the hood that played 65 tunes (including Dixie), he loved TN Walking Horses, spending time at the beach with friends, BBQ, ANY kind of fishing, Al Jolson and Elvis Presley. He was very creative, as he was an avid oil painter and he enjoyed drawing. He loved the outdoors and walking in the woods, and he could make anything fun and interesting.

Ron was a beloved son, brother, husband, father, uncle, best friend, artist, oil painter, trumpet player, nature lover, camper, fisherman, cook, confidant, teacher, elder, bible studier and follower of Jesus Christ. He was loved by everyone that knew him and will be truly missed by all.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred M. and Mulvina Adele (nee Henderson) Ziska; daughter Leslie A. Ziska, brothers David Ziska and Fred Ziska Jr. (known as Charlie boy).

Surviving to cherish his memory are his wife of 61 years, Ruth M. Ziska (nee Sporleder); his children, Gay Lynn and Penny Dale Ziska; his brother David's wife Julie O. Ziska and Davids' children; his brother-in-law Pete and Pat Mode, sister-in-law Shirley and Donald Baldwin, and all the offspring of these individuals and cousins.

Memorials are appreciated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Condolences may also be expressed online www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 12 Noon to 1 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2017 at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Funeral: Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2017 at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Lake View Memorials Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

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December 18, 2017

Pete Mode

RIP Dear Ron. You will always be near and dear to my heart. Till we meet again. Love you,
Your Brother In Law
Pete Mode

December 18, 2017

Susan Demonge

Dear Ruth and daughters,
We were so sorry to read belatedly that Ron had gone to Heaven and the funeral was over three days ago.. we surely would have been there to visit with you.

Could you possibly email us ? We were just talking about him the other night. Our daughter who lives in Bethesda, MD is here visiting and was asking about how Mel and I met etc..

Mel often reminisces about his boyhood and H.S. days with Ron.

May God bless you and keep you in His loving arms as you prepare to carry on..
Fondly,
Mel and Susan DeMonge
[email protected].

December 17, 2017

Mary Tackett

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Dec

15

Visitation

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lake View Funeral Home

5000 North Illinois Street, Fairview Heights, IL 62208

Dec

15

Funeral

1:00 p.m.

Lake View Funeral Home

5000 North Illinois Street, Fairview Heights, IL 62208

Dec

15

Interment

Lake View Memorials Gardens

Fairview Heights, IL

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5000 North Illinois Street, Fairview Heights, IL 62208

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