Ronald Max Copeland

Ronald Max Copeland BETHLEHEM, Pa. Ronald Max Copeland, 73, died on Thursday Dec. 24, 2009 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. Ron was born in Grandville, Mass., and lived in Wayland, Mass., for many years before moving to the Lake Arrowhead section of Denville, N.J., in 1995 and to Bethlehem in 2005. He had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Ron had received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. He later attended Pennsylvania State University where he received his master's and then Michigan State University where he earned his Ph.D. in accounting. His wife, the late Elizabeth Forbes, died in 1995. He is survived by his sons and their wives, Robert and Linda Copeland of Lexington, S.C., and Thomas and Lia Copeland and their sons Thomas and Alan Copeland, all of Parsippany, N.J. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, December 31 2009 at 10 a.m. at Lakeview Cemetery in Wayland, Mass. Arrangements are by Norman Dean home for Services, Denville, N.J., www.normandean.com. Please light a candle on our Web page in memory of Ron. Donations are being accepted to Langone Medical Center of New York University, 145 East 32nd St. Room 251, New York, NY 10016.