All the best in the next chapter Ron, you will be missed here for sure!

I initially met Ron in 1999 when I first started to get to know Erin's family. Mary and Ron used to have a family gathering around Christmas. We had many good conversations from that point forward. He had many stories from places he had traveled around the world with Mary and his trade. I really enjoyed hearing about the different places, we all could only be so lucky to have been to half of the places he got to explore in his life. 

It turns out that he and I grew up only a few miles apart......many years apart though.....and we once figured out that the man on the gyrocopter that flew above my childhood home was actually Ron's father!

A few years after we met, Mary and Ron offered up their beautiful home in Orefield PA for Erin and I to get married. Those of you reading this who were there can speak for what an awesome time it was. One heck of a celebration! I will always remember and truly appreciate that till the day he and I meet again.

So I tip my hat to Ronald Lokay, a genuine person who went really far in life.... literally......and I will always remember as one of the good ones!

Sincerely,

Matt (Erin's husband)

Ron was a long time, very good friend of mine. We traveled together, just the two of us, to many places all over the world during our work at Nuclear Power sites. I will forever cherish the memories of our travels and the crazy happenings. When I retired, Ron carried on, he was sent to many more places and in typical Ron fashion experienced more escapades. He kept in touch and shared those times with me (to make me jealous I suspect). For example, “Hey P Brown, they firebombed my car in Israel!” …They really did! I was glad to be retired.!

A very smart, dedicated guy, I knew all would turn out ok when I was with Ron on a job, there was no mechanical problem he couldn’t solve. I also knew it would be a exciting, memorable adventure.

He lived life at the fullest all the way to the end. Ron was not Irish but he adhered to tenets of “The Irishman’s Philosophy” poster he always kept with him…. Look it up-that’s Ron.

I loved and will miss my friend. Sincere thanks to Ron’s niece Erin for passing along to me some of his mementos, I will keep them safe.

He was a good man. And smart. Really smart. He travelled the world with work and loved learning the cultures. He was an observer. Always the quiet one in the group. Those are the ones you should worry about. He always played by his own rules and got away with it somehow.

He loved family and was always generous. He enjoyed fast cars, guns, music, and nature. And he could drink you under the table any day of the week and still walk a straight line.

His Shenanigans will be forever missed. 

The most common Irish toast, made by this wise Polish man, was as follows:

"Cheers to those who wish us well.

And all the rest, can go to Hell."

Cheers, Ron