Ronald Gene Lamberty

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Please consider sharing a memory of Ron personally, or to be read on your behalf, during the service. Visitation will be at 10:00 am (service to follow at 11:00 am) on Friday, October 4, 2024, at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home, 4600 County Line Road, Mt. Pleasant, WI, (262) 552-9000, Draeger-Langendorf.com. Private burial will take place at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

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Ronald Gene Lamberty, 76, of Racine, Wisconsin passed away unexpectedly at All Saints Hospital on Tuesday September 24, 2024, with his family by his side.

Ron was born on September 4, 1948, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Racine. He was the first of six children born to Francis and Helen (nee: Johnson) Lamberty.

Ron graduated from Washington Park High School in 1966 and began working as a machinist at Rexnord located in Sturtevant. However, in 1968, he chose to enlist in the United States Army and proudly served as a Communications Center Specialist. He had the opportunity to visit many places including Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, England, Italy, Denmark, Japan, and Korea. In May of 1970, he was united in marriage to Patricia Kuhnwald. The following month they left to reside in Africa where he was stationed with the U.S. Army.

After returning state side, Ron returned to his job where he continued to work for 35 years. During that time, he became a father and later a grandfather. He also earned degrees as Civil Structural Technician and in Supervisory Management. He separated from Bosch Rexroth as Production Superintendent when they closed their Sturtevant Operations. He then worked at Teleflex Medical located in Kenosha until his retirement in 2007.

Ron loved golfing and began working again at Washington Park golf course after his retirement. Over the years he enjoyed many sports including softball, bowling, and shooting trap and skeet. He also enjoyed camping, hunting, playing cards, reading, restoring his classic GTO, taking leisurely drives, and spending time with family and friends.

Ron was a devoted son, loving father, and a proud grandfather. He is tremendously missed and survived by his daughter, Heather Kallas, and grandsons, Cody Reich and Payton Lamberty. He is further survived by siblings Rick (Sandy) Lamberty, Linda Toft, Judy Kuchera and Sharon (Bill) Sliker as well as other relatives and many friends. He has been reunited with his parents, brother Gary Lamberty, brothers in law Henry Toft and Tony Kuchera and the friends who preceded him in death.

Please consider sharing a memory of Ron personally, or to be read on your behalf, during the service. Visitation will be at 10:00 am (service to follow at 11:00 am) on Friday, October 4, 2024, at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home, 4600 County Line Road, Mt. Pleasant, WI, (262) 552-9000, Draeger-Langendorf.com. Private burial will take place at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.