Ron D’Ascenz at the Golden Hotel (Photo by Ben Mackinen)
Ronald C. D’Ascenz passed away September 16, 2017. He is survived by many loving family members and friends. Ron was born May 4, 1929. He was preceded in death by his brother David as well as his parents. Ron was 88 years young. Ron lived in Lakewood, Colorado.
A Visitation was held Tuesday, September 26th and the Rosary immediately followed. A Funeral Mass was held Wednesday, September 27th at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 4200 Federal Boulevard, Denver. Interment followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
http://www.horancares.com/obituary/Ronald-C.-D-Ascenz/Lakewood-Colorado/1753760
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths… September – October 2017
October
2: Evangelina Elizondo, 88, Mexican actress, artist and singer; Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic; Azra Kolakovic, 40, Bosnian pop singer, cancer; Tom Petty, 66, American Hall of Fame musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys) and voice actor (King of the Hill), heart attack.
1: [Shooting in Las Vegas at a country concert that killed 58 people and wounded 500+ more; shooter committed suicide.]
September
30: Apex, 36, British drum and bass music producer; Tom Paley, 89, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers).
29: Dmitry Smolsky, 80, Belarusian composer and teacher (Belarusian State Conservatory).
28: Donald Mitchell, 92, British musicologist.
27: CeDell Davis, 90, American blues musician; Joy Fleming, 72, German singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1975); Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (El Chema) and singer (La Academia), liver hemorrhage during childbirth; Zuzana Ružicková, 90, Czech harpsichordist.