Ronald C. "Ron" Flood

Ronald (Ron) C. Flood June 15, 1931 - June 16, 2011 Ronald C. Flood of Centre Hall died peacefully at home on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Ronald was born on June 15, 1931, in New York City, son of the late James E and Blanche (DeCoster) Flood. He lived in Northport, Long Island until moving to Centre Hall in 1990. On Sept. 13, 1952, in St. Philip Neri Church, Northport, N.Y., he married his one and only Polly (Pauline A. Kennedy), who survives at their home. Ron was in the Naval Reserves and worked in construction while supporting a family and putting himself through night school. He graduated with a Masters of Secondary School Administration from New York University. Once he received his degree, he worked in the Nassau and Suffolk County School districts, first teaching then moving into administration, until retiring in 1986. Upon moving to Centre Hall, in 1990 he started a successful home inspection business and then tried retirement again in 2005. That time it took! Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers, James E. and Michael F. Flood; and two sisters, Kathleen Flood and Rosemary Eilbeck. One sister, Sharon Flood, survives in California. Ron is also survived by his six children and their spouses, Ronald C. Flood II and wife, Victoria, Cathleen A. Flood and husband, Paul Painter, Jonathan E. Flood and wife, Allexe Law-Flood, Beth A. Grieb and husband James, Jeffrey P Flood and wife, Karen Mazzotta and Jennifer A. Fincke and husband, Michael. Also surviving are his beloved 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Ron's joys in life, other than his family, for whom he would do anything, were the Centre Hall Library, golf, Notre Dame football, bird watching and traveling with Polly. He was a member of Blessed Kateri Tekewitha Roman Catholic Church in Spring Mills and also the American Legion Post #0779. Visitation will be at the Mark D. Heintzelman Funeral Home, 226 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Centre Hall on Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 6-8 p.m., and on Sunday, June 19, 2011, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Funeral Service will be at Blessed Kateri Tekewitha Roman Catholic Church 3503 Penns Valley Rd, Spring Mills at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 20, 2011. Memorial contributions may be made in Ron's memory to Blessed Kateri Tekewitha Roman Catholic Church PO Box 159, Spring Mills 16875 and/or to the Centre Hall Library, PO Box 492, Centre Hall, PA 16828. Self addressed donation envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Online condolences can be sent to www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com