Ronald David Jole

Ronald Jole passed away at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Sacramento, CA on April 10, 2016 at the age of 69 years. Ron was born in Akron, OH to Gayle and Lois McCausland on January 26, 1947. At a young age his mother divorced and remarried Herbert Jole who was in the Air Force so they did a bit of traveling before ending up in Hawaii, where he graduated from Radford High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was assigned to the Security Police and was a K9/Sentry dog handler. He went to the Philippines and Vietnam during his 4 years, completing his last post at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, CA. He met his wife of 46 years, Claire Lemieux at the Open House on the Base during Armed Forces Day. Claire was volunteering in the USO booth as a representative and Ron came over and talked to her and the rest is history. They were married on April 25, 1970 at Immaculate Conception Church in Downtown Sacramento and chose to remain in the Sacramento area after his discharge from the Air Force. Ron worked a couple of odd jobs in Sacramento before applying to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Border Patrol. He was notified by the sheriff’s department first and went through the academy in October of 1971. For the next 30 years he worked various assignments for the sheriff’s department including the Rio Consumes Correctional Center (RCCC) and Patrol where he stayed for 22 years before transferring back out to RCCC to work his last 6 years before his retirement in 2001. Once he retired he went back to work in the courts as a retired annuitant (on call reserve deputy). In 2006 he went to work as reserve officer for Isleton Police Department before becoming Chief of Police in 2007. He served as police chief for 2 years before deciding to finally retire and just relax. Ron enjoyed the outdoors, camping, and rock crawling with his family on the world famous Rubicon Trail. He loved working on his automobiles especially 4 wheel drives. Many weekend mornings after he read his paper and drank his coffee you could find him out in the garage tinkering on cars and projects. He loved his family and spending time with them, he always looked forward to the summer vacations to either Oregon or the foothills in CA. Ron is preceded in death by his parents and son-in-law, Jess Gonsalves. He is survived by his wife, Claire Jole; son, Shawn and his wife, Shauna Jole of Montague, CA.; daughter, Kelly Gonsalves of Sacramento; 3 grandsons, Justin Arno-Jole, Kyle Gonsalves and Jonathan Gonsalves; brother, Jon Jole of Florida; step granddaughters, Berlyn Thompson and Amber Rodriguez; step great grandchildren, Delilah Thompson and Zelda Rodriguez and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Friday, June 10, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery located at 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, CA. A Celebration of Life will take place in the afternoon for location information please contact either Shawn at sjole122@gmail.com or Kelly at kellyg1972@hotmail.com.

Ronald David Jole

January 26, 1947 - April 10, 2016