Dad would say he was born in the market garden village of Ripon, in Yorkshire to James & Gwynvron Gott.
He and his brother Jim were great friends fishing on the river Skell, playing in the ruins of the Fountains Abby and racing their homemade go carts. LIving an idllic country existence. The Gott men (including dad James and younger brother Kelvin) all shared creative talent. James was a writer, a vaudevillian and pen & ink artist. Jim was a draftsman. Kelvin was an artist, a teacher, and a Cellist. Ron was a technical Illustrator for his professional life and later in Maine, he picked up oil painting.
He served during WWII with the occupation troupes in Italy after they surrendered in 1943. He was stationed in Naples. He also served in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Ron and Audrey met after the war while living in hostels on Wimbleton Park Road. It was a very social time with lots of dancing. They fell in love... the first time when Ron came for tea he ate Audrey's entire ration of butter (and still married him)! They both shared a love of tennis. They camped out overnight to get standing room tickets to the matches.
They enjoyed a long engagement before marriage. Their first home was in Woking and that is where they started a family. First with Barbara and then Paul. Looking for better economic times they packed up the family in 1967 and emigrated to Canada.
Ron's first Canadian job was at Shawinigan Engineering and then eventually Pratt & Whitney, which he would retire from.
Summers included trips to to Ogunquit, Maine. In Maine the family developed many dear friends and this is also where Ron began to oil paint the lively summer scenes of the area. The family would often join American friends for Easter and American thanksgiving celebrations. When travelling became more restricted Ron traded his car license with one for a scooter... and then he was off and about visiting! A few times he was picked up by the police, driving his scooter on the highway! As always Ron made friends everywhere he went. Gifts of friendship often arrived at the door; jam, garden tomatoes, and cookies. He reciprocated the many gifts delivering homemade marmalade via scooter.
At 94 Ron was increasingly surrounded with care and medical events until he quietly slipped away to meet up with Audrey once again.
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