Ronald L. Lind

Ron Lind, beloved husband, father, stepfather, partner, world traveler and avid IU enthusiast, died Monday, May 15, 2017. Ron was born in Brooklyn, Indiana, to Grace and Bud Lind. He married Frances Woodruff Lind on May 21, 1992. Survivors include wife, Frances; children, Jeff, Christy, Chantel, and Nick; stepchildren Wilma, Charley, Bobbi, Karen and Linda; 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, as well as his brother, Denny, and sister, Vicki. Ron was a long time CPA, starting his career in Chicago and Elkhart, and settling in Lebanon in 1974 where he had an established practice for 50 years. Ron’s accomplishments were many, beginning in 1978, with Rotary in Lebanon, Indiana, where he was a past President and a Paul Harris Fellow with his wife, Frances. He was a founding member and President of Economic Development in 1989. In 1991, Ron was on the Boone County Foundation, was a past President, and was recruited back on community level from 2009-present. He had been a member of Ulen Country Club since 1974 and was Treasurer of Ulen for 10 years. He served on the Witham Health Services Foundation and was president from 2000-2009. Ron was a member of the Boone County Chamber of Commerce and served as President from 2009-2013. He belonged to St. Joseph Catholic Church, served as an usher and was Finance President to present. Ron graduated from IU in 1961, and was a lifetime member of the Alumni Club, Varsity Club, IU Foundation and 1820’s Society. Ron received many distinguished awards: IU President’s Award in 2000; inducted into the IU President’s Circle in 2009; and was on the IU Executive Council from 2009-2014. He was a founding member of the Herman B Wells Alumni Chapter in Boon County in 1998 and twice a past President. He was the Golf Committee Chairman from 1991-2014, in charge of raising money for Lebanon, Zionsville and Western Boone High Schools for students attending IU. His many awards from the City of Lebanon were: Key to the City; 2013 Businessman of the Year; Aaron Stuckey Philanthropy Award; and the CPA 50-Year Member from the CPA Society in 2014. Ron touched numerous lives as a successful businessman, community volunteer and generous philanthropist. His commitment of personal time and resources was never out of a sense of duty or obligation, but as a heartfelt expression of civic pride and development. Ron was a wonderful, caring person and he will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. A funeral mass will be held on May 22, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 319 East South Street, in Lebanon, Indiana, with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Interment with military rites will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Lebanon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Herman B Wells Boone County Alumni Club c/o Tom Drake, 4995 East 450 South, Whitestown, IN 46075.

Ronald L. Lind

January 3, 1939 - May 15, 2017