Ronald Stewart

He was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on September 1, 1934; the son of a gamekeeper, George and Jane (Anderson) Stewart. Ron grew up Scotland, attended local schools and served a five-year apprenticeship as a carpenter prior to serving two years in the National Service in the Royal Engineers.

He immigrated to the United States in 1968 to become a self-employed woodworking specialist. Ron and his family lived in Long Island, NY when they arrived in the states, and later moved to Catskill, NY where they lived until they moved to Winchester, NH in 2015.

He was a member of the Catskill, NY Masonic Lodge # 468 and was a 32nd degree Mason, Scottish Rite. He was also a member of the St. Andrew’s Society of Schenectady, NY. He played the fiddle for most of his life and competed to win the Northeastern United States Scottish Fiddle championship in 1994. He enjoyed reading the works of Robert Burns, mostly because it was written in his native tongue and he enjoyed the philosophy in the writings. Ron recited the “Address to the Haggis” and “The Immortal Memory”, many times and he entertained with other Burns poems and Scottish stories in verse.

He was a master woodworker and craftsman specializing in custom staircases and unique design. Additionally, he was an author and wrote “The Gamekeeper’s Son” which was published in 2015.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-seven years, Ann R. (Lambert) Stewart; three daughters: Hazel A. Stewart and her husband Norman Clark of Rochester, NY; Aileen Pulcrano and her husband Stephen of Catskill, NY; and Jane Stewart Cardinale and her husband Jason of Winchester, NH; a grandson, Ian Cardinale of Winchester, NH; a brother George Stewart of Elgin, Scotland and a sister, Mairi Smith of Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, and many nieces and nephews abroad.

A memorial service will be held in the United Church of Winchester, NH on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. David Hughes will officiate. There will be a reception following the service in the Church Fellowship Hall. The Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court Street, Keene, NH is assisting the family with these arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the St. Andrew’s Society of Schenectady, NY c/o Brian Kohler, 6 Joseph Terrace, Albany, NY 12203