Funeral service for Steven J. Ronio will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel.

The family will greet friends Monday evening, December 19, 2016 form 6pm until 8pm at the funeral home.

Steven J. Ronio, 62, Lawton, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Lawton.  He was born September 19, 1954 in Glendale, CA to Thomas Dominic and Jetta Faye (Jones) Ronio.  He attended St. Paul's Lutheran School in Sun Valley, CA before attending Central Junior High and graduating from Lawton High School.  He worked construction his whole life.  He worked for Tuck Construction Co. for 16 years, learning to run heavy equipment, doing road construction, sewer line and water line construction.  He then worked for Bruton Construction for 18 years building bridges all over the state of Oklahoma.  Since 1998, Steven was currently working for the Western District of Comanche County.  Steven married Donna McAlister on February 26, 1972 in Lawton.  In 1992 he and Donna started a small home based retail business.  This was a great joy to him, and they traveled all over the state with their  "trinkets from the hills of Greece".  Steven and Donna loved their vacations and picked a new place to visit every year.  He was the ultimate family man who loved his wife, children, grandchildren, great granddaughter and his fur children, Boomer, Gidget, Chica and Scooby fiercely.  Steven had an interest in making Lawton a better place to live.  He always supported the police department and was a fierce defender of animals and the Lawton Animal Shelter.  Steven was also very proud of being a Comanche County first responder for disaster situations.  He was a huge Donald Trump supporter and was always defending him, whatever the issue.

He is survived by his wife Donna of the home, a son Jeremy Ronio and wife Eilene, daughter Melissa Ronio and partner Chris Lushbough, grandchildren, Zachary Ronio, Alessia Ronio and their maternal grandparents Frank and Lorene Nauyoks, Olivia Maldonado and husband Jose Avila, Danny N. Maldonado and fiance' Lexis Abraham, Christian Maldonado and special friend Hannah Wellman, Baelee Maldonado and their father Danny I. Maldonado, Jr., and great granddaughter Gabriela Nichole Maldonado-Avila, all of Lawton.  He is also survived by his brothers, Thomas D. Ronio and wife Brenda of Lawton, Rocco David Ronio of Wellston, a sister Sharon Baldwin and her partner Jerry Kimery of Enid, and sisters-in-law, Jackie Ronio of Oklahoma City, Karen De La Cruz of Grandfield, Janice Wright of Frederick, a brother-in-law Kevin Anderson and wife Ronda of Oklahoma City, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Steven was preceded in death by grandparents, Dominic and Fortunata Ronio, Jett A. Jones, Thelma and Glen Spencer, his mother and step-father Jetta Faye (Jackie) Jones and Claude McInturf, a brother Anthony Ronio, his mother-in-law Charlene Anderson, his sister-in-law Kathy Asberry, and his nephew Michael David Ronio.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton Animal Shelter, 2104 SW 6th Street, Lawton, OK 73501