Ronald H. Stave

STAVE, Ronald H. Sep 16, 1944 – Nov 28, 2013 Ron was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 16, 1944. He was a 1962 graduate of Westside High School, where he played baseball and football. At Omaha University, he played football on scholarship for the Omaha University Indians for four years, earning All-American honorable mention and First Team Central Intercollegiate Conference All-Star before graduating in 1966. Ron attended Creighton Law School and graduated in 1972, after which he practiced law for thirty-five years. He wrote the appellate brief on the landmark United States Supreme Court case, Owen Equipment and Erection v. Kroger (1978). In 2006 Ron was appointed to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, where he first served as Chairman in 2012; he was in his second term at the time of his death. Throughout his life Ron was an avid outdoorsman with a great passion for hunting and fishing. Ron was preceded in death by his father, Hubert F. Stave. He is survived by his wife, Kristy Stave; daughter, Lora Salem (Tarek); son, Doug Stave (Angie); stepdaughter, Shawn Bonge (Rick); stepson, Matt Wolff (Ann); 11 grandchildren: Zack, Joey and Joshua Salem, Jake, Lauren and Justin Stave, Haley, Rachel and Jen Bonge, Abbie and Elizabeth Wolff; mother, Bernice Stave; sister, Linda Hanson (Chuck). The family will receive friends Monday, December 2nd from 5pm to 7pm at the West Center Chapel. SERVICES Tuesday, December 3rd at 11am at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church, 1110 S. 90 St. Memorials are suggested to Pacific Hills Lutheran Church, American Cancer Society, or Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

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