Ronald R. Sutton
April 20, 1935 – November 16, 2011
Place of Birth:
Rathbone, NY
Place of Death:
Canandaigua, NY
Residence:
Canandaigua. NY Age:
76 Service Event Information
Memorial Service
November 20, 2011 - 3:00pm
Bender-Brown & Powers Funeral Home
354 Canisteo St.
Hornell, NY, 14843
Ronald R. Sutton
Canandaigua/Jasper
Ronald R. Sutton, 76, of 5515 Nott Road, passed away Wednesday (November 16, 2011) in Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua.
Born in Town Of Rathbone, April 20, 1935, the son of Stanley H. and Inez (Saxton) Sutton, he had resided in Jasper for 52 years before moving to Canandaigua in 1998. Ronald owned and operated a Dairy Farm for 40 years and was a past member of the NYS American Gurnsey Cattle Club and former president of the Tri-County Gurnsey Club. Ronald was also a 25 year member of the Dairylea serving as local president and local delegate. He was a past member of the Jasper Methodist Church where he served as trustee and youth counselor. Ronald was a former member of the Jasper Volunteer Fire Company where he served as treasurer and also a former member of the Jasper Volunteer Ambulance Corp. He worked for 5 years as a lime truck driver, mill foreman and assistant manager. Ronald was a manager of the Grocery Department at the Richmeyer’s Giant Food Mart and owned and operated Greenway Acres Dairy Bar and Restaurant from 1972 until 1981. Ron was a former member of the FGBMF and co-founder of Rainbow Ministries Inc., and served as President and ministered from 1980-1998. He was a substitute School Bus driver for Jasper Troupsburg Central School for 20 years and was a full-time bus driver as well as working in the building and maintenance department for 13 years, retiring in 1998. Upon moving to Canandaigua, he served as co-manager and maintenance man at Canandaigua Garden Apartments from 1998 until 2006. Ron’s favorite hobby was making maple syrup.
He was predeceased by his parents and his brother, Richard Sutton
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Wade Sutton who he married on June 14, 1953, his daughter Regina (James Jr.) Rice of Jasper, his son, Stanley (Laurene) Sutton of Canandaigua, his sister, Joyce (Frank) Wargo of Ohio, his brothers, Harry (Beverly) Sutton of Indiana and David Sutton of Jasper, 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, several nieces & nephews.
To send a remembrance to the family, please visit www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com. The family is being assisted by Adam E. DuBois, Director.
Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service at the Bender-Brown & Powers Funeral Home, 354 Canisteo St., Hornell on Sunday (Nov. 20, 2011) at 3 PM.
Friends may make memorial contributions to: The Jasper-Troupsburg Teachers Scholarship Fund, % of the school.
Submitted by George Killian on November 19, 2011 - 10:37am.
Please accept my heartfelt condolences you are in my prayers.
Remembrances
I am Kristian, Ron was my Great Grandpa. I will truly miss him and his maple syrup. Thanks a lot.
Dear Stan, Laurie, and family,
We were so sorry to hear of your dad's passing. We will certainly miss seeing him "doing the walk" between their house and the farm- not a long walk but we know how much he enjoyed doing it! We know he will be miss by all who knew him.
Our sympathy and love to all,
Judy and Ted
November 20, 2011
Dear Carolyn, Regina and Jim and family, Skip and family, and to the extended Sutton family,
I am saddened to hear of your loss of Ron; your husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle...It is always hard when there is a sudden death, but I hope that you are comforted by the knowledge that he loved you and loved the Lord Jesus. I am sorry that I hadn't seen him for so many years, but I see from the obituary that you moved about the same time that Jerry and I moved to the deep south of Alabama. We came here in 1997, and I can hardly believe that it's our 15th school year here, but Jacinda is 16, so it has to be true. I pray that God will give you many warm memories of his practical jokes, his laughter and we can look forward to hearing it again when we're all together in heaven! I remember being so afraid of him because he was always teasing me. I was either too skinny or too fat, either had braids too long or too short, drank too much milk or not enough milk, etc. I'll always remember the amount of cream that rose to the top of my glass of milk and his telling me that it was his grade A Gurnseys giving all that cream. We had Holsteins at home. I remember how much he liked having kids around; using the restaurant for our Youth For Christ club.
Thinking of all of you fondly,
Judith A. Siegrist Stahly from Atmore, Alabama
We had grandkids today and could not make it to the memorial service but wanted to send your our sincere condolences. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers, especially during the upcoming holidays.
David & Sutton Family,
Our thoughts are with you in these hours of bereavement, I remember most fondly when Ronald operated
the Green way acres dairy bar when I often ate when working in that area.
Ralph Swan & Vijay Kumar