Fr Ron was ordained in Melbourne in July 1950. After serving as an assistant priest in Healesville, Gordon, Clifton Hill and Brunswick West, he was appointed the founding pastor of Seaford in 1964, followed by appointments as parish priest at Avondale Heights, Williamstown and Wattle Park (their last full-time resident priest) from which he retired in 2001. He entered eternal life last Sunday and may he enjoy eternal peace after all his labours.