Ronald Kroon

Our loving Father and brother was born on Dec. 03, 1950 to Dick Kroon and Marion Schaefer in Rock Rapids, IA. He moved to Utah as a young child in 1954. He joined the Army in 1970, part of the 931st engineer group also receiving the National Defense Service Medal. In 1983 he married Paula Nielsen, later divorced. He devoted his life to his children. He always provided food and shelter, but more importantly was the time spent as a family attending car shows, racing, doing burnouts, fishing, photography, camping, shooting and road trips.
He is survived by his children: Son, Kyle, Daughters, Suzanne (Spencer) and Gloria. Brother, James and Sister, Dorothy. He is preceded in death by his Father Dick, Step-Mother Afton and past family members and friends. Ron passed away the evening of February 19, 2015 in West Jordan, UT, surrounded by family. He will be dearly missed and never forgotten. We love you more than you’ll ever know. A viewing will be held on March 2nd from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Lake Hills Memorial Mortuary & Cemetery, 10055 S. State Street in Sandy, UT. A Graveside service is to be held following the viewing at 2:00 pm at Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park at 17111 South Camp Williams Road in Bluffdale, UT. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made at any Mountain America Credit Union under the account of Suzanne and Gloria Kroon.
More about Ron,
As a child he moved all over the Salt Lake Valley and to this day could remember each home he lived in and would even take his children on car rides to look and see the homes he lived at. Ron started driving trucks at the age of 15 driving for his father’s company Kroon Trucking. Even his time in the army was spent as a heavy truck driver. He continued to drive trucks for his father until he sold the company. Ron drove on his own for some time after, and after some time decided to drive for other companies. The last company he worked for was Geneva Rock and retired from there in 2013. He enjoyed driving truck because he was able to listen to the radio all day and got to hear new music before anyone else.
On September 09, 1969 he got his well known 1958 Chevrolet Corvette and a week later had it impounded. He graduated high school but was suspended and was not allowed to attend the ceremony due to the principal catching him doing burn outs and racing in the parking lot. He was very proud that he never got a speeding ticket in his car, but got one for no mud flaps. Ron built and re built the corvette many times and painted it many times. He made many friends and many memories working on his car. After his daughter Gloria was born Ron put working on the car on hold for years. After some time had passed, he decided to get it back up and running. Soon after he got his Corvette running he started taking it to JC Hackett’s Car shows. He would also attend the Auto Rama, Hot August Nights, and would always make sure he attended the annual 4th of July show in Grantsville, UT and many more shows. This became his new favorite past time. He loved attending these shows and would always put his car under his kid’s names instead of his own because he enjoyed seeing them win an award and their reaction to winning than if he was awarded at the shows. He loved walking around and looking at everyone’s cars at the shows, talking to them and sharing their experience and many stories of the work they would put in to their cars. Ron had his car featured in many magazines and he had won many awards in the shows he attended.
Our dad devoted his life to us kids. After he divorced, he did everything he could to get custody of us. And after he got custody of his children, he did everything in his power to make sure we had clothes on our back, food on our plates and a roof over our head. He didn’t date, he didn’t re-marry, he would always joke around with us about getting a new mom, but never did. Dad was the most amazing person we have ever known and has done one hell of a job raising us kids if you ask us. He even knew how to cook and do his daughters hair. Whenever we needed help, dad would be there to help us with anything, no questions asked. He was one of the most carefree, loving, non- judgmental and would do anything to help others if he could. All the memories we have made with our dad will not be forgotten but cherished.