Ronald A. Showalter Jr., age 77 of Richmond, died Wednesday morning at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born in Richmond, Indiana on September 27, 1948, to Ronald Showalter Sr. and Alma Young Showalter and had lived in the area for most of his life. Ron was a 1966 graduate of Richmond High School and retired from Alcoa/Silgan. He married Barbara Drook Showalter on June 1, 1968, and together they had two beautiful daughters, Lori and Amy. Ron was an avid hamm radio operator and collector. He loved taking trips to Florida, every year in the fall he would take the girls out of school and take the family to Daytona Beach in Florida for two weeks for a family vacation. He loved his family and he will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

Left to cherish his memory are his daughters Lori (Brent Wolfe) Curts and Amy (Mike) Roth; grandchildren Miranda (Josh) Waller, Andy (Taylor) Aughe, Maggie (David) Burke and Caleb (Ryan) Curts; great grandchildren Kaylee Aughe, Kaiden Aughe, Maci Smarrelli and Mya Smarrelli; sister Linda Herrman and brother Jerry Showalter. In addition to his parents, Ron is also preceded in death by his wife Barbara Drook Showalter.

Services for Ronald will be held at 10am on Wednesday August 26, 2026, at Riggle-Waltermann Mortuary. Committal service will immediately follow in St. Andrew Cemetery. Visitation hours will be held on Tuesday August 25, 2026, from 4pm-7pm at the funeral home.