Ronald Kenneth Scales, PGA pro

Ronald “Ronnie” Kenneth Scales, 76, of Milton, formerly of Rockville, Md., passed away Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at his home. He was born Sept. 5, 1940, in Baltimore, Md., son of the late J. Kenneth and Anna deMoss Scales. 

Ron graduated from Towson High School in 1958. He then graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a bachelor of science degree in business, where he also played on the varsity golf team. He worked at the University of Maryland golf course where he was a PGA club professional from 1964 until his retirement in 1997. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1972. Ron and his wife Stephanie moved to Milton in 2006 after Stephanie's retirement from Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Md. Ron's favorite memories included playing bridge, catching citation fish in Chesapeake and Delaware bays, playing golf in Ireland, and his infamous round at the University of Maryland Golf Course where he made a double eagle followed by a hole in one. 

He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Stephanie Cole Scales; his two sons: Kenneth Stephen Scales and his wife Melissa of Rockville, and David Clark Scales and his wife Katherine of Louisville, Ky.; his four grandchildren: Cate, August, Brooke and Anna Jean; his sister Judith Mezzullo and her husband Louis of California; and his favorite cousin Bootsie Fletcher of Berlin, Md. 

Funeral Services were held Monday, Aug. 28, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes. Interment will be held at noon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery, 1601 Taylor Ave., Baltimore, Md.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Scales' memory to the First Tee of Greater Baltimore, 303 International Circle, Suite T119, Hunt Valley, MD 21030, or www.thefirstteeBaltimore.org.

Visit Mr. Scales' Life Memorial webpage and sign his online guestbook at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.