- Date Of Birth: January 3, 1928
- Date Of Death: February 23, 2018
- State: Idaho
Ronald Milton Brasher of Meridian, Idaho passed away February 23, 2018. He was 90. Ron was born on January 3rd, 1928 in Lakewood, Colorado, the only son of Milton and Ernestine Brasher. Ron loved sports and music. He started singing at age five and was paid four cents per night in the local dance hall in Victor, Colorado where his parents played the music. And, he loved rock collecting. He cut and polished some of these rocks and made beautiful jewelry.
In youth, Ron played and lettered in basketball and football for Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, Colorado. Back then, the high school students could drive school buses; for extra money, Ron drove a school bus his junior and senior year for Jefferson County. While living in the mountains west of Denver, Ron met his wife, Marie, at a dance hall where his parent’s band played the music. Ron was their drummer when he wasn’t dancing.
Ron and Marie owned the A & W Restaurant in Brighton, Colorado for many years. He also was trained to be a glazier. He made root beer in the summer months and installed glass in the winter to provide for his family of six.
He moved to Boise, Idaho and later to Meridian where he lived with his daughter, Cindy. His love for music moved him to sing with the Footnotes in Boise where he served as President for many years. He worked as a private contractor in and around Boise installing windows and doing repairs for local property management companies. He was an avid hunter and fisherman with his boys, Mike and Jeff, and often told great fish stories. He also wrote and submitted political opinions, some of which were published in the local newspapers.
He is survived by his four children, Mike (Nampa, ID), Jeff (Boise, ID), Bambi Preble (Loveland, CO), and Cindy (Meridian, ID); son-in-law, Glen Preble (Bambi); and two grandchildren, Aubrey Wilson and Lance Preble and their spouses, Matt Wilson and Lindsey Preble.
Ron’s kindness to everyone he met was unsurpassed and felt by those who shook his great hands. He was gentle, kind, and sincere, and his eyes sparkled with love and life. Many of his conversations included asking about how all of his family members were doing. He would always say at the end of these conversations, “Tell everyone I said ‘Hello.’”
Dad, when you greet everyone in heaven, tell everyone, we say “Hello.”
