Services: 2:30 p.m. Sunday March 22, First Church United,   West Liberty

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa —Ronald Keith Christy, 73 of West Liberty, and Donna, Texas, went to be with the Lord on      March 16, 2009, when he died from injuries in a bus accident near Zacatecas, Mexico.

 Burial will be held at a later time in the Klein Cemetery, rural Moscow.

 The Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty is in charge of arrangements. A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

He was born in Davis County on July 10, 1935, to Harry and Naomi (Strickland) Christy. 

He attended Grandview High School.

He was the owner of Christy’s DX on Mulberry Avenue in Muscatine and worked at HON Industries until he retired and started doing what he loved — traveling with his wife, Margaret.

He was involved with the Masonic Temple in Muscatine in the Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star, DeMolay Adviser and helped with Rainbow Girls.  He was a Boy Scout leader, Little League coach, member of the Sherriff’s Patrol for Muscatine County, an avid stock car racing fan, and a wonderful and devoted husband and father to his family.

He  married Norma Shew in 1954. The couple had five children, Pamela (Thomas Scott) Fordyce of Altoona, Ronda Spilger of Iowa City, Marsha (Timothy) Furlong of Robins, Rodney (Ronda) Christy of West Liberty and Mark (Diane) Christy of Springdale, Ark. There are 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. 

In 1982, he married Margaret Goody O’Donnell.  Children from her previous marriage included Dennis O’Donnell of Marengo, Dan O’Donnell of West Liberty, Deanna (Booie) of  O’Donnell and David O’Donnell of Wellman. With the addition of the O’Donnell family, he became a loving father of nine children.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Glen (Tuck) Dean Christy; a stepdaughter, Booie O’Donnell; a granddaughter, Hope Cochran; and a grandson, Matthew O’Donnell.