- Date Of Birth: June 3, 1950
- Date Of Death: May 1, 2014
- State: Ohio
Ronald C. Bailey, age 63, of Columbiana, died at 7:58 a.m. Thursday, May 1, 2014 at the Hospice House in Poland, Ohio with his family by his side. He was born June 3, 1950 in Knoxville, Iowa, son of the late William Jack and Joann (Grabow) Bailey. Ron graduated in 1969 from high school in Knoxville, Iowa and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He received an associate degree and three B.S. degrees from Nathaniel Hawthorne College in Antrim, New Hampshire in 1980. Ron was employed in the industrial sales packaging industry with Salem Label for 17 years, with the Marken Company as an account executive and at the MPI Label Company for the last 10 years. He was a member of the American Legion Post #290 in Columbiana, American Legion Riders and the Firestone Farm Golf Club. His wife, Lillian E. (Taylor) Bailey, whom he married November 20, 1971, preceded him in death October 1, 2012. Survivors include two sons, Ronald “Chad” (Anna) Bailey Jr. of Salem and Sean Bailey of Columbiana; a brother, Dennis (Sylvia) Bailey of Beaufort, South Carolina; three stepsisters, Karen Sparks, Mary Cline, and Corlinda Evans all of Iowa; and grandchildren, Jack, Maleah and Carson Bailey.
