Ronald Drumm:  

New loved one: I was blessed to meet a very lovely, special sister-in-Christ (Debbie Banta Sheppard) in April of 2022. We dated for nearly a year and married April 24, 2023. We look forward to whatever life God has in store for us. Prior 50 years: Kathleen (Gauder, class of 1970) and I were married June 19, 1971. Kathleen passed from this life July 28, 2021. We have four children and eight grandchildren. We have lived in Tampa, FL, since July of 1988. Kathleen retired from teaching after 22 years at Florida College Academy. She taught science for grades 6-9 for most of those years. I retired from preaching at the end of June 2017 after 42 years. I had been with Henderson Blvd. church of Christ since July of 1988. We made the big move from Akron to Naples, Florida in July of 1977. I had been working at BFGoodrich in the print shop and Kathleen had been working at Children's Hospital as a Medical Technologist. We moved to Naples with another family to begin a new church. I worked a few years at Naples Daily Newspaper before making the decision to preach full-time. Kathleen started her wonderful work of a stay-at-home mother and wife when we made this move. Our first daughter ...Expand for more