This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, W. Ronald Seabold. We will remember him forever.
I did not have the pleasure to know more about Ron until a few years ago when we began carpooling to CCBA meetings with Lou Sepe. First and foremost, Ron was a gentleman and generous in spirit. Although I know he was a strong advocate in court, in a more personal setting, Ron was humble and kind, with a twinkle in his eye, offering a slice of wry sarcasm or humor, punctuated at times with a hearty laugh. I was lucky to know Ron and to hear about his past exploits with Lou, experiencing first hand their shared amusement. He will be missed - I will miss him.
Great attorney all around great person. He lived his life so free. He will truly be missed. RIP my friend.
When Ron would join out group for lunch, he always seemed to have a knowing little grin that hid some delightful anecdote or thought. And when he shared it, it was delightful. He had a quick wit, a generous heart and and a caring soul. He left us too early and we will miss him.
I have known Ron since we were about 14 years old. We had one of those friendships you would describe as life-long. He was in our wedding, we life guarded together and were just really good friends. We got into all the usual trouble and then some but then like others who have written on this post, we sort of lost touch although whenever I was in LA I would see Ron. We consistently for many years had New Year’s eve celebrations at the Wissel’s home. We usually went to the grocery store, purchased very expensive ingredients, cooked as a group. Sounds terrific, only downside was that we often drank so much that we could not really enjoy the meal. To be young(relatively). Ron was the spark and refused to let such an evening go by without making it fun. We all loved Ron in our own ways.
Someone mentioned that you could always count on Ron to slide into home plate, scrape knees etc. I saw that first hand. Before big events in Glyndon such as weddings (ours), birthdays, graduations we would always rally the guys ( and I think a couple of young women played as well) to play tackle football. No pads, jerseys, protective gear of any kind and we paid the price. I remember Ron diving to tackle someone who was already in the end zone and I think he hurt his knees so badly that it kept him out of Vietnam.
Someone also mentioned Los Vegas. I saw that first hand as well. I was attending a science conference and Ron drove over from LA. I was rooming with another good friend, Ed, from grad school and that friend was out of the room when Ron showed up with a young woman who was so beautiful she made Rachel Welsh look homely. His “date” was very tired and wanted to take a nap. Ron came up with the idea( and his date went along with it) to write a note and place it on the bed next to his date. It read. “ She is clean, she is paid for, have a good time”. Ron and I then went to lunch. Ron’s date told us later that Ed arrived, read the note but just sat on the edge of the bed not knowing what to do. We all obviously got a good laugh out of that one. That was Ron!
I will miss my friend but value our life-long friendship.
Peter
Someone mentioned that you could always count on Ron to slide into home plate, scrape knees etc. I saw that first hand. Before big events in Glyndon such as weddings (ours), birthdays, graduations we would always rally the guys ( and I think a couple of young women played as well) to play tackle football. No pads, jerseys, protective gear of any kind and we paid the price. I remember Ron diving to tackle someone who was already in the end zone and I think he hurt his knees so badly that it kept him out of Vietnam.
Someone also mentioned Los Vegas. I saw that first hand as well. I was attending a science conference and Ron drove over from LA. I was rooming with another good friend, Ed, from grad school and that friend was out of the room when Ron showed up with a young woman who was so beautiful she made Rachel Welsh look homely. His “date” was very tired and wanted to take a nap. Ron came up with the idea( and his date went along with it) to write a note and place it on the bed next to his date. It read. “ She is clean, she is paid for, have a good time”. Ron and I then went to lunch. Ron’s date told us later that Ed arrived, read the note but just sat on the edge of the bed not knowing what to do. We all obviously got a good laugh out of that one. That was Ron!
I will miss my friend but value our life-long friendship.
Peter
I met Ron in 1982. It seems like yesterday. Our first meeting, a lunch at a small cafe in Santa Monica, was dominated by our east coast and European travels and lots of laughter. Ron had an infectious laugh. We became instant friends and colleagues in the practice of law.
We both practiced, in those days, In LA County. However, Ron picked up a young client whose infant daughter was taken away by San Bernardino Children's Services for alleged sexual abuse. I believe our combined fee was $600. We were young and ambitious and completely unknown in San Bernardino County.
Ron said, "Louie, we have to have the hometown opposition." We hired the ex San Bernardino County Coroner as our expert. We hired the ex Sheriff of San Bernardino as our investigator.
After a year and a half of litigation our client was completely exonerated and his child was returned to his custody. We were known in San Bernardino as "Starsky & Hutch."
Subsequently, we tried our first death penalty case together. Over the years we shared an office together , tried many murder cases together, vacationed together & mostly laughed together. We always reminded each other that "laughter is the elixir of life!"
Until that time Ron...until that time.
- Louie
We both practiced, in those days, In LA County. However, Ron picked up a young client whose infant daughter was taken away by San Bernardino Children's Services for alleged sexual abuse. I believe our combined fee was $600. We were young and ambitious and completely unknown in San Bernardino County.
Ron said, "Louie, we have to have the hometown opposition." We hired the ex San Bernardino County Coroner as our expert. We hired the ex Sheriff of San Bernardino as our investigator.
After a year and a half of litigation our client was completely exonerated and his child was returned to his custody. We were known in San Bernardino as "Starsky & Hutch."
Subsequently, we tried our first death penalty case together. Over the years we shared an office together , tried many murder cases together, vacationed together & mostly laughed together. We always reminded each other that "laughter is the elixir of life!"
Until that time Ron...until that time.
- Louie
The bond of friendship with all you guys on the team provide wonderful and vivid memories to this day. Bold stood out for his for his warmth, humor, and the cloud of dust sliding into home (scrapes and cuts included). Ron was a wonderful person with a kind heart and gentle soul. While I only saw/talked with him sporadically over the past many years, it was always a joy to reconnect and catch up. He is and will always be missed; it was a comfort knowing he was out there.
I still think about the days playing ball with Ron and the guys from law school. He was my double play partner and one of the best lead-off guys. So fast! I am only sorry that we lost connections years ago. I still have photos from those days that I look at often. I will raise a glass to Ron and recall what a great guy he truly was.
Ron was a great guy, happy to have known him. Some are my favorite memories are playing softball with him on Last Clear Chance. “Bold,Bold,Bold” was the refrain whenever he came up to bat. He will be missed.
Met Ron in 1st year of law school, we were a little older than most of the class and bonded right off the bat. Ron always met you with a smile, it was like he knew some sort of secret about how to enjoy life and the human comedy transpiring about him, his own foibles included. Your joie de vivre was tangible my friend, and I miss you
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I did not have the pleasure to know more about Ron until a few years ago when we began carpooling to CCBA meetings with Lou Sepe. First and foremost, Ron was a gentleman and generous in spirit. Although I know he was a strong advocate in court, in a more personal setting, Ron was humble and kind, with a twinkle in his eye, offering a slice of wry sarcasm or humor, punctuated at times with a hearty laugh. I was lucky to know Ron and to hear about his past exploits with Lou, experiencing first hand their shared amusement. He will be missed - I will miss him.
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Ron, Robin & Louie. It was a good day.
Doing his crossword puzzles
With Mark Montpas and Irene Queen
Going through baseball cards with Marc Montpas
Ron and Kine’
Ron and Kine’
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We were introduced by a mutual friend to Ron and Mark Montpas in May, 1988, just a couple of months before we married. They were sitting on the sand at Venice Beach, in their swim trunks, working hard, reading briefs. Wearing them and reading them. Peter told them their beach bags were obviously California briefcases. They were the quintessential California Dudes
We had a weekend of fun with them and felt we’d known them forever. That fall, after our wedding, a friend in NYC had a post nuptial party for us. The California Dudes flew in for it and we had another great weekend with them.
Time and distance didn’t seem to interfere. The test of a true friendship, and character, is that you can always pick up where you left off. That was true of Ron.
Always up for a joke, usually at his expense: At Mark and Eileen’s wedding, he somehow managed to enter the room just as Peter was introducing, for the first time, the newly married couple. He walked through the entire room, chuckling as the crowd cheered. Big laughs. Later, when I had people sign the program, just under the headline ‘The Wedding of Eileen and Mark’, Ron signed it ‘featuring Ron’.
He was one of a kind. He had a great ‘talent to amuse’. We miss him already.
Diane and Peter, Toronto
We had a weekend of fun with them and felt we’d known them forever. That fall, after our wedding, a friend in NYC had a post nuptial party for us. The California Dudes flew in for it and we had another great weekend with them.
Time and distance didn’t seem to interfere. The test of a true friendship, and character, is that you can always pick up where you left off. That was true of Ron.
Always up for a joke, usually at his expense: At Mark and Eileen’s wedding, he somehow managed to enter the room just as Peter was introducing, for the first time, the newly married couple. He walked through the entire room, chuckling as the crowd cheered. Big laughs. Later, when I had people sign the program, just under the headline ‘The Wedding of Eileen and Mark’, Ron signed it ‘featuring Ron’.
He was one of a kind. He had a great ‘talent to amuse’. We miss him already.
Diane and Peter, Toronto
Vegas!!
As most of you might know, Ron and I shared a few houses over the course of about ten years. When you live in the same house with someone for that long, you do get to know them pretty well. Ron and I, along with another friend, Greg Picco, also owned a sailboat together which we enjoyed sailing around the harbor in San Pedro and numerous trips over to Catalina.
But the story that I want to tell you all is one that not many people know about. It happened around thanksgiving in the early 1980’s. Ron and I were sitting around the house and suddenly one of us got the brilliant idea to fly off to Las Vegas!
So we drove to the airport and got on a flight that took us to Vegas, landing there very late, perhaps midnight or so. We hopped in a cab and said “take us to the strip”, which he did. Now Ron had never played the game of craps, and asked me to teach him how to play. Being the numbers person that he was, he caught on fast and we settled down to a table, drinks in hand! As luck would have it, we both did extremely well and were enjoying the free drinks when all of a sudden, there was a huge hand placed on our shoulders. Turning around we found ourselves looking straight into the eyes of one extremely large gentleman who inquired as to where we were staying and what we were doing in his establishment.
We said that we just flown in from L.A. and weren’t staying anywhere at the moment. He then asked us if he could comp us to a show and a room, if we wanted!! As it turns out, on our way in, we had seen an advertisement for a show with Bobby Berosini’s chimps—which included “Clyde” from the recent Clint Eastwood movies “Any which way you can” and “Any which way but loose”—both of which that Ron and I just loved and had seen way more than once! We had remarked how fun that would be to see him in person and here was a guy telling us that he was going to get us in to see the show for free!!
So, of course we accepted his offer to see the show and he led us right down to the front table and told the waitress to take care of us! I don’t know that we ever laughed so hard in our collective lives.
After the show, we jumped back in a cab, went back to the airport and flew home—I think we probably got back within twelve hours of when we had left. I think I also remember looking at each other on the way back home and remarking “did that really just happen”?
You know that you have a special friendship when all of the best stories in your life begin by saying “I remember this one time, that me and my friend, Ron did this or that”.
Ron and I went on many more trips together in those years—but that one trip I think had pretty much been kept secret until now.
And then there was this other time that my friend, Ron and I . . . Well, that story isfor another time.
Rest easy my friend.
But the story that I want to tell you all is one that not many people know about. It happened around thanksgiving in the early 1980’s. Ron and I were sitting around the house and suddenly one of us got the brilliant idea to fly off to Las Vegas!
So we drove to the airport and got on a flight that took us to Vegas, landing there very late, perhaps midnight or so. We hopped in a cab and said “take us to the strip”, which he did. Now Ron had never played the game of craps, and asked me to teach him how to play. Being the numbers person that he was, he caught on fast and we settled down to a table, drinks in hand! As luck would have it, we both did extremely well and were enjoying the free drinks when all of a sudden, there was a huge hand placed on our shoulders. Turning around we found ourselves looking straight into the eyes of one extremely large gentleman who inquired as to where we were staying and what we were doing in his establishment.
We said that we just flown in from L.A. and weren’t staying anywhere at the moment. He then asked us if he could comp us to a show and a room, if we wanted!! As it turns out, on our way in, we had seen an advertisement for a show with Bobby Berosini’s chimps—which included “Clyde” from the recent Clint Eastwood movies “Any which way you can” and “Any which way but loose”—both of which that Ron and I just loved and had seen way more than once! We had remarked how fun that would be to see him in person and here was a guy telling us that he was going to get us in to see the show for free!!
So, of course we accepted his offer to see the show and he led us right down to the front table and told the waitress to take care of us! I don’t know that we ever laughed so hard in our collective lives.
After the show, we jumped back in a cab, went back to the airport and flew home—I think we probably got back within twelve hours of when we had left. I think I also remember looking at each other on the way back home and remarking “did that really just happen”?
You know that you have a special friendship when all of the best stories in your life begin by saying “I remember this one time, that me and my friend, Ron did this or that”.
Ron and I went on many more trips together in those years—but that one trip I think had pretty much been kept secret until now.
And then there was this other time that my friend, Ron and I . . . Well, that story isfor another time.
Rest easy my friend.