Ronald Lee Carrigan

Ronald Lee Carrigan, Age 66 of Redford Born September 14, 1955 in Detroit, passed away at Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills on January 22, 2022.  Loving brother of Cynthia (Richard) Elsey, Robert (the late Vickie), Dean (Karen).  Proud uncle of Robert Jr, Daniel, Ryan, Katelyn. Adored great uncle to Connor and Gavin.  He is preceded in death by his wife, Lena, and his parents, Neal and Corrinne.  He will be missed by many loving family members and friends. 

Visitation and Funeral Service

Friday January 28, 2022

10:30am-12:30pm

Service at 12:30pm

Fred Wood Funeral Home

36100 5 Mile Road Livonia 48154

(East of Levan)

Memorial Contributions can be made out to

Meals on Wheels

Ronnie was a cute, blond hair mischievous little boy that never seemed to have bad days.  As an adult, Ron loved animals and children; and they loved him – maybe because he was always part little kid himself.  Ron was a defender and couldn’t stand to see anyone harm a woman, animal, or child.

Ron was a very intelligent, artistically, and talented boy.  However, he struggled with alcoholism most of his life which caused many problems for him.  Later in life when he joined AA, he progressed to setting up the meetings, leading groups, making speeches, and trying to help anyone who would let him.  Ron never stopped talking and at AA, this was a good thing.

When he was younger, he traveled around the country doing whatever job was available to him.  He worked in lumber camps, saw mills, dairy farms, worked on high rise buildings in Chicago, was a sheet metal fabricator, auto detailer, and even tried his hand at amateur boxing (although he said he wasn’t very good at it)

Ron had a lot of medical problems in the last few years.  He prayed everyday for God’s help buy mostly prayed for others.  He was one of the most forgiving, non-judgmental people that I know.

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