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Ronnie Frederic Huber, 85

Ronnie Frederic Huber, 85, of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away May 1, 2018, at the Schneidmiller House in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with his loving granddaughter, Kayte Salter by his side.

Ron had ties to both Washington and Idaho, where he currently lived. In the early 1950s, while attending Wyoming University and after graduation, he worked on Cabinet Gorge Dam in Idaho, followed by a semester of pre-med at LSU. When the Hell’s Canyon Dams were delayed, he went to Box Canyon Dam near Ione, Wash., and while there, married a Valley girl with whom he had four children.

Between two aerospace jobs in the L.A. area, they returned to Spokane, Wash., where he worked on the Wilbur Atlas site, the Moses Lake Titan sites and at Brown Trailers. During the second venture to the L.A. area, they split, and Ron went to Denver and the Valley girl went home. His living children include two sons, a daughter, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. One son passed, and they all reside in Washington. His great-granddaughter graduated from WSU in 2016.

Ron remarried to a young lady 12 years his junior, who passed suddenly after 42 years of marriage and seven months after a diagnosis of brain cancer. Her only sin was three or four artificial sweeteners per glass of tea and eight or 12 cans of cherry pop per week. Internet quote: “artificial sweeteners cause brain cancer.”

Ron retired from MMC, now Lockheed Martin, in 1991, after numerous space programs including Viking and Shuttle Development and Launch/Landing Support. Some people may recall his Challenger re-launch picture of the ice-laden electrical box. Their retirement included RVing around the country, breeding and showing bichon frise dogs and showing and restoring collector cars.

Upon his request no services will be held. Bell Tower Funeral Home and Crematory have been entrusted with arrangements and you may view his online memorial at www.belltowerfuneralhome.com.