Johnnie "Ron" Sturgeon
1938 - 2018
Obituary
Johnnie Ronald "Ron"
Sturgeon, 80, passed away on Tuesday (Oct. 30, 2018) at Schowalter
Villa in Hesston. He was born on Feb. 24, 1938, to John and Jean
(Mason) Sturgeon in Hutchinson, where he lived until the age of 7.
From there, his family moved to Newton. He attended St. Mary's School
through the eighth grade, then Newton High School, graduating in
1956.
He spent two years serving in the Navy
then returned to Newton. In 1959, he married Alice Navin. All of
their seven children were born in Newton. He worked for the railroad
then went into insurance. His career moved him and his family to
Omaha, Nebraska, in 1973 and Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1982. He retired
at the age of 67. He and Alice moved back to Newton in 2009.
Ron was an avid golfer, an active
member of his church and a longtime member of the Knights of
Columbus.
He is survived by his brother, Pat
(Betty) Sturgeon; sister, Anna-Marie (Le Roy) Younger; wife, Alice;
children: Susan (Michael) Mannion, Joan Sturgeon, Tom Sturgeon, Lewis
(Sonia) Sturgeon and Denise (Eric) McClure; 20 grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; and three foster great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents;
brother, Joe (Carolyn) Sturgeon; and children, Mark Sturgeon and Paul
Sturgeon.
Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday
(Nov. 5, 2018) at St. Mary Catholic Church, with The Reverend
Nicholas Voelker as celebrant. Visitation will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
(Nov. 4, 2018), with a Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 4 p.m., all
at Petersen Funeral Home. The family will receive friends until 5
p.m. following Rosary. Burial with Navy Honors will be in the St.
Mary Catholic Cemetery, Newton.
Memorials are suggested to St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, St. Mary's
School or St. Mary's church in care of Petersen Funeral Home.
