Ronald John Watton

Ronald J. Watton, age 91, of Upper St. Clair Pennsylvania passed away on Monday October 20th, 2025 at St. Clair Hospital. He was born June 23, 1934. Ron was a U. S. Navy veteran. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marianne K. Watton, and his daughter Denise M. Lorence of Carmichaels, PA. Ron is also survived by two of his seven siblings, Patricial Wank and Roberta Petrie. Ron's extended family includes more than three dozen nieces and nephews. Ron was a collector and restorer of antique shotguns and antique lamps. He was a competitive shooter for 40+ years with the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) and a Director at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsman Club. He was the Black Powder Activities Chairman. He held many black powder shoots at the Club. Ron was also a member of the Chartiers Valley Guards, a Representative Civil War Infantry organization, in the N-SSA. He was a Unit Commander, the Allegheny Regional Commander, the N-SSA Bicentennial Chairman, the Skirmish Director for the 75th National Skirmish and served as the N-SSA Insurance Chairman. He organized a very successful black powder shooters dinner at Century Inn and worked for 3 years at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Club preparing it for an N-SSA skirmish. The Tower he built for announcing and directing the shoot was dedicated to him by the Club and bears his name. Ron was a retired commercial Real Estate Appraiser, starting in the early sixties. His official professional designation was Certified General. As such ninety percent (90%) of his work was performed for Attorneys, CPAs and the IRS. He also received an appointment by the Allegheny County Commissioners four times over the years as a Hearing Officer to mediate commercial real estate tax appeals. Ron's professional career also included multiple years as a Vocational Technical Instructor of Industrial Electricity and Power Systems at Conley Vocational Technical Center in Pittsburgh. Friends and family will be received at Beinhauer Family Funeral Home on Washington Road in McMurray, PA. The viewing will be from 1:00pm to 3:00pm followed by a brief blessing service at 3:00pm. Hors d'oeuvres, pastries and beverages will be served on site following the blessing service. Internment will take place at a later date at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be given to Vision Services of Washington-Greene (https://www.vsowg.org/). To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Ronald, please visit our floral store.