~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, NEA/DL Flight Control
Ronald Leslie Hall
1934 ~ 2024
Ron was born on May 4th,
1934 and passed away on February 11th, 2024
at the age of 89. The May 1996 issue of the DeltaDigest lists
Ron as Shift Manager – op. cntl…..ATG/080.
Ron is survived by his wife, and by his children and their families.
PCN memorial site
Obituary information is available
online at
https://mcdonaldandson.com/obituaries/ronald-hall-2024
also at
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/ronald-hall-obituary?id=54464498&fhid=3162
Ronald Hall Obituary
HALL, Ronald Leslie
Ronald Leslie Hall, an
Army veteran whose career in aviation spanned more than four decades, died
February 11, 2024 after a brief illness. He was several months short of his
90th birthday.
Born May 4, 1934 to Ruth
and William Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he graduated from Arlington High
School in 1952 and then enlisted in the Army and served in both Japan and Korea
as Staff Sergeant.
After his release, Ron
joined Northeast Airlines as an aircraft dispatcher. In 1960, he married the
former Anne Rawson, a union that endured for more than 60 years. The couple had
five children.
The Northeast/Delta
Airlines merger brought Ron and his family to Atlanta in 1972. He retired in
1999 dedicating 43 years to the airline industry.
Ron was a devoted Catholic
and parishioner of St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church for 54 years, as well
as a 65-year member of the American Legion.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, his brother, Richard; his daughter, Zita Baine; and his
grandson, Donald Cole Baine. He is survived by his wife, his children, Stacy
Barker (Bruce), Thomas Hall (Susan), Erin Smith (Dwight), Lawrence; and six
grandchildren, Megan Sivewright (Charles), Ryan Hall, Katherine Smith, Kyle
Smith (Callie), Kevin Smith, and Brendan Hall; as well as three
great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life Mass
will be held at 10 AM on March 1, 2024 at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church,
7171 Glenridge Drive, Atlanta, GA 30328.
I was privileged to join Delta’s Flight Control office in 1983, and soon recognized Ron as an important part of operational control for the airline. Initially I learned what a great asset Ron was to everyone in the office in terms of humor. While the focus of the tasks the Dispatchers were faced with were very detailed and professional, Ron could somehow manage them with accuracy and a bit of humor - which eased the stress accompanying many of those tasks. His willingness to share his skills, experience, and knowledge with all colleagues, junior or senior, was a great asset in the management of many of the challenges that operational control often presented.
ReplyDeleteI count it a privilege to have known and respected Ron as a professional and as a friend.
Blessings to him and all his family.
Respectfully,
Michael Arbuckle