Ronald Cleon Anderson, 83, of Hazlet, was called home to the Lord Oct. 26 at Riverview Medical Center. He was born and raised in Newark. He quit school at 16 to work for his father’s vending machine company in order to take care of his siblings after the passing of his mother. He lived in Paxton, Georgia for a while before moving to Red Bank to raise his own family.
Ron was a foreman at Atlantic Glass Company in Red Bank where he worked as a glazer for 45 years. He enjoyed fishing, boating, playing poker and bingo.
He was predeceased by his father Cleon Pervis Anderson and mother Anna Rose (Lemmons) Anderson; his wife Veronica; his sister Shirley Hullings; and brothers, Roger and Richard Anderson.
He is survived by his brothers, William and Michael Anderson; sister Diane Stewart; daughters, Donamarie Arbothnot, Rhonda Soviero, Brenda Anderson; grandchildren, Sarah Stroka, Kristina Hunt and Michael and Nicholas Soviero; and great-grandchildren, Grace Hunt and Isabella and Anthony Stroka. Ron will surely be missed.
Visitation was held Oct. 29 at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 30 at St. James RC Church, Red Bank. Interment will be in Shoreland Memorial Gardens, Hazlet.
The article originally appeared in the November 19 – 25, 2020 print edition of The Two River Times.
