Son of Penny and Alexander, was born on 25.6.1961 in Mopolira, a small mining town in Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) and lived there until he immigrated to Israel in 1972. His two sisters, Ruth and Edna, In Pardes Hanna. So Ron was, for a time, the only son in the house. He attended a private elementary school called the Dominican School. Ron loved life in nature, and the climate in Zambia allowed him to live out almost all year round. Ron participated in swimming competitions, played tennis and became an avid golfer over time. Immigration to Israel was a traumatic experience for Ron, who was then almost 11 years old. Not only did his way of life change: the whole set of values on which he grew up and collapsed collapsed. It is claimed that children easily adjust to new situations and accept changes naturally, but with Ron it was not. He was confused, and did not understand that the values he had been educated on did not “catch” in Israel. He was struck by the behavior of both adults and children. Ron refused to speak Hebrew before he controlled it, when he spoke it was almost without a foreign accent. After Ron finished his first year of school in Israel, the family decided to move from Kiryat Motzkin to Haifa. Ron was shocked by this decision (although the main motive was to find a better school for him) and was vehemently opposed to the move. The desperation in his voice, when he asked his parents, “Do you know what it means to move from place to place for a child, do you know what it means to start all over again?” Almost convinced them to give up the idea and not to relocate. It was only thanks to his sister Edna, who spoke to him for a long time, that Ron agreed, more or less calmly, to accept the “decree.” As soon as he completed the transition, he was absorbed into the new school (“Chugim” school in Haifa). The fact that he began his studies in Haifa in junior high, in a class composed of students from different schools, and most of them did not know each other, and the fact that he did not enter the school as a new immigrant, made it easier for Ron to integrate into society and find his place in it. He began his judo training again and reached a green belt. Ron was chosen to play in the Junior Tennis League, but refused to participate because he did not like to play sports that was primarily competitive. The sporting spirit and enjoyment of the game were more important to Ron than victory. He continued to play tennis for his pleasure, even though the club did not approve of it. Ron was not a brilliant student, but he had no trouble with his studies either. He was a relatively quiet student, but far from being a “Yoram,” a boy with a developed sense of humor. Ron gradually became a central focus in his class and society, to someone else who enjoyed being close to him. This process was repeated even during the pilot course. When Ron thought he was right, he insisted even if he resisted the opinions of his parents, sisters, teachers and friends. He had a very developed sense of justice, and it can be said that fairness was a central and prominent factor in his personality and behavior. Ron loved music. He had absolute hearing, and he was the only one in the family who could sing any melody correctly. In Zambia he played the piano, and in Israel he learned himself – with the encouragement of a friend – to play guitar. He managed to reach a good musical level, and enjoyed many hours of playing for himself, alone, and also in society. Ron brought many of his friends to the music. While in junior high school, Ron joined a flying class and enjoyed every moment of woodwork and the attempts to fly the models he built. The course was the first step before joining Gadna Air, and then to the Daya course, and he found his “love” – the flight Ron successfully passed the first screening tests for an aviation course, even before he took the matriculation exams in the summer of 1979. In OctoberIn 1979, Ron was drafted into the IDF and began immediately on the pilot’s course, determined to finish as a pilot, during which he was grounded because he suffered from dizziness at certain altitude levels.After several weeks of medical examinations (the most difficult period of his life) He was forced to “stay in class” and move on to the next pilot course, where he met again his good friends from the previous course, Benny and Ofer, and from there the trio went on together until the wings were received in March 1982. Ron completed the course During the course, Ron became “addicted” to the helicopters and to their different and unique way of flying He loved the close connection between the man and the instrument, and between the flight in the sky and the ground beneath it, and it was one of the subjects that Sharon talked about enthusiastically and with love. 16.6.1982), Ron fell while flying as a helicopter pilot who went out to rescue two wounded soldiers in the battle zone of Lake Karun, and a week later Ron was celebrating his 21st birthday, even if his life was stolen before he could taste them, What he wanted most of all was to fly. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. Ron left behind his parents and two sisters.
