Ronald (Ron) Dean Pera, 74, passed away suddenly on 28 September 2020, with his wife by his side, during their trip to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Ron and his wife were traveling for testing due to a rare brain disease, Frontal Temporal Lobe Degeneration.
Ron was born in Telluride, Colorado on 31 July 1946 to Allene Eula Winkfield Pera and Walter Jacob Pera.
Ron’s burning desire was to become a Naval Aviator, which he accomplished in 1969. One of his proudest moments flying came in 1972. He and his eldest brother Jack schemed together, and Jack was able to capture photographs of Ron soaring up and over the mountain peaks surrounding the town of Telluride where they were born.
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