Ron Scalise Memorial Service

I was asked to post a couple of eulogies that were part of Ron's memorial service.

This was read by Freedo

"Ronny was the closest thing to a brother that I ever had. His sudden departure leaves a gaping hole in my life that I could never have imagined, and that I will struggle with daily, probably forever.

I met Ronny 35 years ago when I moved to Connecticut. We became best of friends and then business partners, and owned a recording studio together until the late 80’s. After closing the studio doors, we both pursued the television sound engineering business, together and separately.

I have countless memories of my friend and brother, our friend and brother.
As you all know, if you are here today, that to have known Ronny was to be strongly affected by him, and to have known Ronny really well for a really long time meant that, in many ways, your life would never be the same.

Ron was a mentor in the finest sense of the word to a pretty amazing number of people. His confidence, and the way that he looked at life would often help you to see your own life a little more clearly. Ron’s legendary and graceful mastery of the art of sound mixing was and always will be nothing short of genius, and those of us who were fortunate enough to work closely with him have been forever enlightened by his passionate and relentless spirit of excellence. As it has been said before, you don’t always agree with Ronny or his ideas. However, whether or not you agree, Ron always pushed all of the buttons, all of the time, and made you think in new ways that made you a better artist, a better engineer, a better thinker.

For many of us in the sound business, Ronny was the person who saw us perhaps more clearly than we saw ourselves, saw our passion and our talent and interest, and guided us toward opportunities that have defined our careers, and given us the lives we have today.

As a friend, to be in Ronny’s company was where you wanted to be. His warmth, his honesty, his wonderful intelligence, his intensity, and his unique crazy humor always lifted you up, made you laugh and think, and made you feel great.

Ronny’s greatest purpose and love was his family, his children, and his loved ones. To you I would like to say, above all, thank you and bless you for sharing so much of Ron with all of the rest of us. We will carry him with us forever, and join you in honoring his memory and reaching for his many goals.

We all shared Ronny all of these years with the dozens of other things, people, places, jobs, projects, ideas, and stuff that kept him moving like a hummingbird, always going to and fro. Each time he landed by you was a blessing. Ron has blessed all of us with his passion, his spirit, his wit, his vision. We shall count those blessings, keep his visions inside as inspiration, and hold Ronny in our hearts forever. I know he would like that.

This was read by me:

First let me say thank you all for being here, I know Ron would have been impressed with the amount of love and support that has poured in from all corners of the world., I know that dawn and the kids are comforted by the fact that not a moment has gone by without the feeling that there was support from all of rons’ multitude of friends and co workers.

To me Ron Scalise was more than a friend, more than a co worker more than a mentor. He was our shining light in the audio world. He was the reason for wanting to make the show happen, not so much for our benefit but to help him realize his vision. A vision and passion for the craft which I shared with him. That passion is what brought us together and what made us such a great team, ron was the the innovator and I was the facilitator and no matter what type of curveball was thrown at us the show went on.

I have a void in my life that will never be filled and I m not sure if I want it filled .
My heart is well and truly broken right now because of the loneliness his departure brings.
I will miss my friend Ron more than I can express in words, but what I can say is that my life is better for having known him.
We had great times and saw the reality of our dream of the total digital audio path come to life together, there was so much left to do and so many more milestones to cross, I don t know how to carry on without him,.. not sure where to begin, not sure I can.
I can ask that all of you give thanks for the people around us and the loved ones we still have with us.
This has changed my life forever and I will carry Ron’s spirit, his professionalism and his wisdom with me forever. I will never forget my brother that you will always be listening. I love you Ron


This was written by VV

It comes with great sadness that I am writing this letter during this difficult time. My name is Victor Victoria. I am truly a testament of the kind of person Ron Scalise was, giving , sharing, compassionate, and passionate. I became all of those things in this industry because Ron Salise taught me the right way to approach this crazy industry, we call TV. If it were not for him taking a chance with this big Mexican kid, right out of college, I probably would not have enjoyed the success in this business that I have had. He was truly my mentor. I was passionate about sports, having played all my life and he was very passionate about audio. Thus with our relationship, I became a very passionate sports guy that was very much interested in the sounds of the game. He always had a very enthusiastic demeanor about him that rubbed off on me.I also know that aside from his passion at work, his passion was his family. Although I have never met Brenna, RJ, or Rosario, I have heard numerous stories about all of you since you were born. And to the parents of Ron Scalise, I can tell you that it is a great pleasure, having spent better than twenty years with your son.
Through this all I cannot think of a better decision, that I made in my life but to become a graduate of the Scalise Academy. I love you Ron Scalise.
Sincerely,
Victor Victoria

Ron Scalise Memorial

In lieu of flowers There has been a fund set up Ron's kids
Rosario is 16
R.J. is 11
and Brenna is 10

The Ron Scalise Memorial Fund
Kurt Heitmann
C/O CP Comms
200 Clearbrook RD
Elmsford NY 10523

All checks should be made out to the Ron Scalise Memorial Fund

There will be a Memorial for Ron on Wednesday December 26th
5-9pm
Sacred Heart Church
910 Main St South
Southbury CT 06488

Devastated

It is with heavy heart that I must inform you all of the passing of Ron Scalise. The world is a much darker place without his light. I can't begin to tell you all how much I appreciate the kind wishes and the sweet words and the outpouring of support from the hundreds of people who knew and loved Ron. I have passed all these thoughts and prayers on to Dawn and his family and will continue to post updates as to their well being. Ron was my friend, my mentor, my confidant, and most of all my inspiration. There will be a void in my life and I will never be able to replace it.