Birth date: Mar 11, 1947 Death date: Nov 9, 2014
Ron Burton passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014, in his beloved back yard in Point of Rocks, Maryland of a sudden heart attack. A celebration of Ron’s life will be held on Friday, November 14th at 2:00 p.m. at the Loudoun Fune Read Obituary
People will never know how hard Ron worked and consequently how his family must have supported him. thank you for sharing Ron with us. I will miss him dearly. Even though we could have been at odds work-wise, he would always ask about family and health. A caring, consummate professional and friend. I am praying for his family in their loss.
Paul Armstrong
ICBO/ICC staff 1991 - 2005
IRC Drafting Secretariat
I knew Ron through our technical committee work. As others have said, he was articulate and his knowledge spanned a great range of topics. He was dedicated to what he did and did it well. His eyes really lit up and he smiled brightly, though, when he talked about his grandchildren, and I want to especially let them know this. I made a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project in honor of him.
Ronnie, his Mother and Brother lived a couple of houses down and across Nash St. when we were growing up. He was about 4 years older than me and he was definitely one that we looked up to. He was a well loved member of the Yellow Jackets during the tremendous early to mid 1960's. Rockwall was a much smaller town back then and everyone knew everyone else and we were basically one big Family. My sympathy to Ronnies Family. He was a great guy and a person we all looked up to and admired.
I worked with Ron for a decade at the National Association of Home Builders. He was an excellent supervisor, and we all enjoyed his stories and sense of humor. It was clear that he loved Linda and his family dearly. Like me, Ron was a former builder, and we had much to share on that topic. But what I remember most was that when NAHB was given the opportunity to work with the International Code Council to develop a new residential building code, Ron jumped in as NAHB’s point man, took the bull by the horns, and worked his tail off as an organizer, leader, technical expert, and skilled negotiator between NAHB builder members and the ICC building officials. The result was an excellent building code. And Ron became loved and respected by all the participants.
Dick Morris
I know Ron from our mutual membership on the ASHRAE 189.1 technical society. Reading about him here just makes it more clear what a gem of a man he was and how much he will be missed. I knew Ron from our meetings as as very calm, bright man who brought a lot of practical experience to our discussions. He had a great sense of humor. My condolences to his family. He left the world a better place becasue of his contributions.
Jon McHugh
The Board, staff and volunteers of BOMA Oregon have made a donation to the Wounded Warriors Project in Ron's name. He was a wonderful man and will be sorely missed. We are all better for knowing him.
Dearest Linda & Family,
I remember the first time I met Ron, it was my first week at BOMA, he knocked on my office door and said "Hi, I'm Ron Burton and who are you?" His unique introduction was so "Ron". I loved how he had a such a positive way about viewing life and always seemed so happy and content.
Some of my favorite memories of Ron were going out to dinner and listening to his stories. He could keep you entertained for hours. I think we would all try to sit as close to Ron as possible.
Another memory of Ron was how his eyes would light up whenever he spoke about his family -- especially when he talked about Linda. His love and devotion to his family just added that unique spark that made Ron so special.
Memories of Ron are definitely bittersweet as he was taken from our lives too soon but for whatever time we knew him, he definitely made a lasting impression. I will definitely miss him!
Kanwal Saluja
BOMA International
