Ron had a milling machine in his garage, and he soon started his own company. After his injury and all those years past, he still had a milling machine in his garage until 2021. I often wondered what exactly he used to do with this back in his heyday, and I still don’t truly know. But what I do know, is that it symbolized a large part of his being; his passion. This picture was taken right before it was sold to a young electrical engineer. 

As a former neighbor I remember meeting Ron when we first moved here from Minnesota around 1976.
The thing that caught my eye when driving down our street was seeing this house that had a milling machine in the garage. My father (a retired machinist ) and I just had to stop by and say hello.  This was a start of a long friendship and business association.
He was a remarkable person, he had so much enthusiasm and energy for anything new and the word "impossible" did not exist in his vocabulary.  He also had a drive to do everything to the next level of perfection. 
I used to helped him with electronics and computer interfacing in those early days of personal computing, when you had to build your own.  We built an automatic drilling and routing machine using using computers of the day to automate part production. 

He had wide and varied interests and I used to fly with him when he was building time for getting his more advanced ratings.  The last I remember he was working on getting his helicopter rating. 

I remember when he bought a used Itialian plastic injection moulding machine that only had its manuals in Italian. He said no problem and rebuilt the machine and had it working better than new in short order.  
The terrible accident he had really was a misfortune that dimmed the potential of a great success that we all knew he would have enjoyed and was one of our great heartaches.
The thing I remember most about him was his generous, helpful, optimistic energy.
I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to know him, he made a big difference in my life.
God bless you Ron.


I love you Ron and miss you already.  Rest in peace-Liz

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Ronald Bryant Cooper

4 January, 1949 – 5 June, 2022

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