Ronald F. Dawson

Ronald F. (Duke) Dawson, aged 92, beloved husband for 66 years of Mary (Macdonald) Dawson, raised in South Boston, long-time resident of Quincy and of Middleborough and most recently Weymouth. Loving father of Regina Dawson of Quincy, Michael Dawson and his wife Darlene of Salem, NH, Joanna Newton and her husband David of Braintree, Dianna McDevitt and her husband James of Hanson, Marie Elena Potter and her husband John of Chesterfield, NH and Laura Dawson of Quincy. Adored Grandpa of Sarah and Jack Newton, Molly, Isabella and Henry Potter and Daniel McDevitt.

Lovingly remembered by David Nelson, Regina Moriarty, Paul Parlon, Constance Macdonald, Ethel McClelland, Anna and Neal Biron, Virginia Polio, Rose Clare Burns, Julia Bentley Macdonald and many nieces and nephews. Ronald was predeceased by his parents, Ellen (Cleary) and Patrick Dawson, Patricia Doane, Pauline (Whitey) LeBlanc, Irene (Richard) Ford, Helen (Edmund) Mazzola, Robert Dawson, Rosa (William) Dillon, William Dawson and his sisters- and brothers-in-law Margaret Nelson, Richard Macdonald, Francis Moriarty, Helen Parlon, Ralph Macdonald, Edward McClelland, John Polio, Stephen Burns and Gerard Macdonald.

Ronald was a graduate of Gate of Heaven School in South Boston. While growing up in Southie, Ronald was a proud member of the Strandways, a neighborhood football team. The friendships that were made during this period lasted a lifetime. He was a member of and former treasurer of the South Boston Irish American Society and the Castle Island Association. He served in the U.S. Army where he was wounded during a battle on Old Baldy in Korea and he received the Purple Heart Medal. Following his service in the Army, he returned to French Shriner Shoe Factory in Boston where he met his wife Mary. When he moved with his family to Quincy, he became a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. He retired after nearly forty years and he relished spending time with his family, golfing, traveling, and enjoying life. He spent fifteen years of his retirement at Oak Point in Middleborough and in recent years he lived at the Allerton House in Weymouth. Ronald will be remembered for his humor, friendly personality, and generous spirit.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial, Monday at 10:30 AM in St. Agatha Church, Milton.  Visiting hours Sunday 2-5 in the Tirrell Room, 254  Quarry St., Quincy.  Burial Monday 1:45 in the MA National Cemetery, Bourne.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts at https://biama.org; the Alzheimer’s Association at https://www.alz.org; or Norwell VNA at https://www.nvna.org.