Ronald B. Frame
Passed: September 04, 2019
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Ronald B. Frame
Passed: September 04, 2019
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Ronald B. Frame, age 64 of Litchfield Park, AZ died September 4, 2019, in Goodyear, AZ. He was born September 24, 1954, in Erie, PA to Eleanor and Harry T. Frame. Ron’s ancestry traced back to the Mayflower, a fact that Ron was extremely proud of, and instilled in him a deep love for his country. He attended USC and was initiated into the TKE fraternity brotherhood, forming a relationship with his fraternal brothers that continued throughout his life.
Ron loved life! He used to say, “Live life, and don’t sweat the small stuff! Get over it! Life is so short. Enjoy and appreciate who and what you are!” Ron lived like living mattered. He loved the ocean, especially when he and his family were flying through the waves on his Baja 32-foot twin 502, feeling like “mach one with their hair on fire!” He was passionate about music, especially alternative music. Attending concerts with his family and friends was one of his greatest delights. He loved to collect memorabilia from famous bands and artists, honoring them by sharing in their love for their craft and preserving a record of their talent.
Ron was frugal in his day-to-day spending but generous in sharing with his family and life-long friends whom he loved and appreciated in every way. He enjoyed the simple things in life: cooking, baking, reading, spending time with his family and friends, and baseball! Ron was obsessed with baseball! He traveled many miles to attend spring training and home games with his family and friends. As an Atlanta Braves fan, he attended the Hall of Fame induction for Greg Maddux. At home, he had a baseball room, filled with artifacts signed by players that he admired for their talents and physical prowess. He also loved to attend Nascar with his wife, Linda, and USC football was a life-long tradition.
Ron is survived by his wife and love of his life, Linda; daughter, Allison; son, Andrew; and granddaughters, Keira and Madeline. Ron loved and cherished each member of his family. His friends and family will always love him.
11 responses to Ronald B. Frame
Mary says:
September 16, 2019
To the family, my heartfelt condolences for your loss. Please find comfort in the knowledge that God promises to end all suffering. Before long, God will wipe out every tear from our eyes, and “death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things (will) have passed away.”(Rev. 21:3,4). May this promise from God give you comfort now and a real hope for the future. My deepest sympathy.
Scott Johnston says:
September 19, 2019
Dear Frater Ron,
It’s been 44 years since we both pledged the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at the University of Southern California during the Rush in the Fall of 1975. It was a great run in those college years. You were the guy who we figured wouldn’t be able to bail any of us out because you’d be sitting on the bench next to us. Late night runs to Tommy’s for double cheeseburgers with heavy chili, pledge ditch in Yucca Valley, Fire Chief, Red Mountain Wine Festivals, water balloon wars with the Sig Eps across the street, late hot summer nights up in the Space Station of TKE East and of course greasing the pole Ogle used to climb so he could harass us during Hell Week. It was a miracle we weren’t expelled but those were the days.
Our lives diverged but our brotherhood remained strong. As the years went by and as we got control of our hectic lives and established our careers, the brothers were able to reconnect as if all that time apart never happened. Bowl games in Las Vegas with Christmas dinner at your home in Henderson is something I’ll never forget. Clay Vreeland’s annual golf tournament reunion was great fun, even if we (mostly) stayed out of trouble on the golf course (well, we didn’t get caught).
Now you’ve gone away and have joined the Chapter Eternal of TKE. I challenge you to find our other Beta Sigma fraters who got there before you and teach all the others the “Who Said” cheer. You are certainly missed here but I know Mad Dog Miller and others are glad to have you with them.
Until we meet again with our fraternal love, charity and esteem,
Yours In The Bond,
Scott Johnston
Russ Keating says:
September 20, 2019
Ron,
You touched many lives and each one was made better, brighter, happier and fuller because of you.
YITB,
Russ
Kelly Scott says:
September 20, 2019
I had the privilege and joy of spending 3 years with Ron while we were both brothers at the TKE house at USC. I remember his contentious attitude as a pledge and his always being up for whatever we had in mind when we were bored and needed something to do. He had a wonderful sarcastic sense of humor and no one was spared his wrath and that was one of the ways you knew Ron cared about you was that he picked on you. As is always the case, after college we all drift away but my memories of Ron are very strong and I know that while heaven is a much happier place now, our world here is a much sadder place without Ron.
I did not know that he had a passion for the Atlanta Braves but hopefully somewhere up above he is smiling down knowing that they are about to clinch the NL West division.
RIP Ron, you were one of the good guys and you will always have a special place in my heart.
Kelly Scott
Duke G Lokka says:
September 21, 2019
I too was a pledge to TKE in Fall 1975. I moved into TKE East and not long after was assigned a roommate, Ron Frame. Ron stood out amongst the fraternity boys on The Row with his long hair. And he kept that long hair for a long time, eschewing “fitting in” with the conservative look of most of his peers at USC, a conservative school as it was. I soon learned that Ron had an engaging personality and that he loved to challenge orthodoxy. We had a great time together. I don’t know if his fraternity brothers remember that for a while he managed a rock band while still in school. The band was called The Pop! and they had three members, one of whom was David Robinson, who soon after became the long-time drummer for The Cars. They put out one or two albums but didn’t get very far, although I actually heard one of their songs on SiriusXM radio a few months ago. Ron even got them to play a street party in front of the TKE House. No one else could have done that. Ron then made the smart move of focusing on his business degree, and moved to Las Vegas after graduation. I lived on the East Coast and overseas for my career, and so only saw Ron one more time, around 2012 or so, when I went back to L.A. for one of the golf tournament reunions. I really enjoyed catching up with him as we wandered the course, paying no attention to the golf at all. I sure wish I could have seen him more often. He was a great friend.