Funeral services for Ronald “Ron” Rushton of Aurelia, formerly of Peterson, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday December 28, 2022, at the First Congregational Church in Peterson, IA, with Pastor Tyler Thomsen officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date at the Oakland Cemetery, rural Peterson. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00, with the family present, on Tuesday at the Aurelia Community Center. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.
Ronald Robert Rushton was born August 5, 1956, the son of Robert Ronald and Irma May (Vogel) Rushton at Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the Rockwell City, IA, High School in 1975. Ron married Charlene Jacob, and together they had two children, Rhonda and Ronald, Jr. On November 25, 1989 Ron married Donna Raye Hoover, and they had three children, Stephanie, Jennifer, and Robert. He worked for Tyson Foods as maintenance and maintenance supervisor for 25 years, worked maintenance for Fitzgarald for three years, then American Natural Processor in September of 2009 and was still there. Ron was a member of the First Congregational Church in Peterson. He raced at BV Raceway for five years in the 1990’s, was an umpire for state baseball for Pee Wee boys, girls softball, Little League Baseball and softball for twelve to thirteen years, then was a track official at the BV Raceway in Alta for five or six years.
Ron died Thursday, December 22, 2022 at his home in Aurelia.
Preceding Ron in death were his parents, his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Janet (Kracht) Hoover and Don (Bob) Hoover, aunt, uncles, and cousins.
Survivors include his wife Donna of Aurelia, children; Rhonda Malloy of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Ronald Rushton, Jr. of Raeford, North Carolina, Stephanie and husband Nickolas Sutton of San Antonio, TX, Jennifer and husband Robert Cassatt of Moline, IL, and Robert and wife Jaynee Rushton of Primghar, IA. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, brother-in-law Robert Miller and sister-in-law Barbara Miller.