Ronald James Hooper, 81, of rural Dresden, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2019. The son of the late James Henry Hooper and Helen Margueite (Robbins) Hooper, he was born December 3, 1937 in S. Zanesville, Ohio. He graduated from Cumberland High Schol in 1955 and was a member of the Varsity Basketball team.
On November 22, 1959 he married Dixie Lee (Ball) Hooper, who survives. He is also survived by his sons, Klayton (Bernadine Gutierrez) Hooper of Ottoville, Ohio and Kevin (Sherri Baldino) Hooper of Leesburg, Ohio, granddaughters Tiffani (Nick) Mihm of Van Wert, Ohio, Sydney and Ava Hooper and great-grandchildren, Dancia Taylor and Braxton Mihm, many sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and niece’s and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Ruthann Hooper, Wilma Jean (Bernard) Fisher, and Dorothy (Robert) Speakman, brothers-in-law Jim Ball, Jerry Ball and Larry Moore.
His life was his farm, which he purchased in 1962 and where he raised beef cattle, hay, a big garden every year and a few chickens. He farmed because he loved it and so his family would never go hungry and we never did. He worked in sales at the Roekel Co., in Zanesville from 1955-2000.
He attended Prospect UMC, in rural Madison Township between Dresden and Adamsville, where a memorial service will take place on Sunday, August 25, at 2pm with Rev. Sharon Williamson officiating.
