RONALD-BERRYMAN-Obituary

RONALD K. BERRYMAN

Grand Blanc, Michigan

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January 7, 2016
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Grand Blanc, Michigan

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BERRYMAN, RONALD K. Grand Blanc Age 78, died Thursday, January 7, 2016 at McLaren-Flint. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 11am Monday, January 11, 2016 at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 1227 East Bristol Road, Burton, Father Steve Anderson officiating. Burial in New Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. Visitation 1-4pm and 5:30-7:30 Sunday at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road, Flint. A Scripture Service will be held Sunday evening at the funeral home. Visitation 10am Monday at church until the time of the Mass. Ronald was born in Calumet, Michigan on October 4, 1937. On July 28, 1962, he married Donna Davis in Flint. Ronald taught at Carman Ainsworth School District for 38 years, retiring in 1997. He coached football and hockey at Ainsworth and Carman High Schools and was a die-hard U of M football fan. Ronald was a member of Michigan Sports Sages. He also enjoyed playing cards with groups of friends. Surviving are wife, Donna; daughter, Lynn and husband Dave Bach of Coldwater; son, Christopher of Detroit; grandchildren, Eric and Alyssa Bach; sister, Faye Berryman of Hancock, MI; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, June, Robert, Emilene, Fern, Clyde, Harold, Gordon and Barbara. Your condolences may be shared with the family at swartzfuneralhomeinc.com

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My brother in law were chatting about Donna's and friends there. One of our favorite people is Ron, silly fun guy.

At this point we may all celebrate having had Ron in our lives. His ruff/gruff exterior was always accompanied by his warmth and caring and humor. I shall always remember Ron with a smile.

This is a very late added message. However, often as life's routine returns after a sad loss of a loved one, a word of remembrance is of comfort and it is in that vein that I hope this is received by Donna and family. I only recently heard of Coach Berryman's passing and was sad to hear that. I have great memories of him in having been in his classes at Carman High School and his being one of my coaches in varsity football. While he was not my direct coach in football since he coached the...

Dear Donna and Family, Was looking up Uncle Ronnie to find phone number to try to get in touch with Aunt Faye whose phone number is disconnected, and sadly was directed to Uncle Ronnie's page. My sincere sympathy to you Donna and your family. I am June's daughter, Barbara,it has been so may years so just in case you were trying to connect to who I am. Uncle Ronnie was the best, and I truly give him all the credit for my going into teaching. He always played school with me and Harold and...

Dear aun't Donna and family,our thoughts and prayers are with you during these hard times.I have fond memories of your visits to Calumet during the holidays.God bless you all.
Mike and Laura Baril Dollar Bay Mich.

RIP, Mr Berryman. OUR Sympathy to your family's loss...from the Ainsworth Leary fam.Terry, Dennis, Roger, Doug, Jeff, Jill and Jerry

Mrs. Berryman & Family,
Sorry for your loss. Mr. Berryman was my hockey coach at Carman. I was on the first hockey team Carman had and Mr. Berryman was our coach. What I remember was his humor and how good of a skater him was. I looked up to him as a person and a coach.
Dan Jewell Carman Class of 73

Donna and family - our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Thoughts and prayers to the Berryman family. Just saw the obituary in the Flint Journal. Many fond memories of time spent with Berryman family members many years ago. So sorry for your loss. My sincerest condolences.