RONALD DALE "RON" ELIASON ~ Class of 1975
March 29, 1957 - August 3, 2006

Ronald Dale Eliason, a long-time resident of the Tri-Cities died unexpectedly on August 3,
2006 at his home in Dundalk, MD.

Born March 29, 1957 in Prosser, WA, Ron was the only son of Dale E. and Lou N. York Eliason.
Ron graduated from Columbia High School in 1975. He attended the State University of New
York at Oswego and achieved a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology in 1994. He loved music,
books, and spending time with those he loved. Although he never married or had children, he
was a wonderful uncle to his own nieces and nephews and beloved by many of his friends'
children. Ron had been living in Maryland for the past several years but returned frequently
to the Tri-Cities to visit his family and friends.

He is survived by his father and stepmother, Dale and Elizabeth Eliason; and his two
sisters, Kaye Afflerbach and Cynthia Adair and their children, Tracy Kottman, Megan Dobson,
Michael Afflerbach, Nicholas Moore, and Turner Adair and their families (2 great-nieces, and
3 great-nephews).

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 11am at the East Prosser
Funeral Home Chapel, 1220 Sheridan Ave., Prosser, WA.