Jan 19, 2021
Ronald George Lueth, US Navy Retired, died from complications of the Coronavirus on January 5, 2021. A shattered femur kept him in a rehabilitation facility for 106 days. Finally ready for discharge, he instead contracted the virus from a staff member and died at Cape Coral Hospital Covid ICU.
Born in Itasca, Illinois, Ron was the first child of Ellen (Hoppensteadt) and Alvin Lueth. He attended St. Luke’s elementary school and Lake Park High School. After graduation in 1960, Ron enlisted in the US Navy where he had an exemplary 20-year career.
His penchant for organization, strategic thinking, planning and concise reporting soon brought him to the attention of Naval Intelligence. He was assigned to Guantanimo Bay, Cuba, and later to Pearl Harbor Hawaii, where he joined the Flag Administration Unit CINCPACFLT as a Soviet Naval Analyst. In October, 1972, he joined the USS Kitty Hawk while She was on duty conducting missions along the coast of Viet Nam. The followin