Ed Guerard, who served alongside Ronny on the staff of TABCOM, said this: "I always thought of Ronny as a chaplain to the American Baptist Churches. She had specific roles. For example, Ronny was the Director of Christian Education and did a lot of work with youth. She was very involved with camping. But her real gift was she served more as an ambassador or chaplain to the TABCOM Churches.

At times she went beyond the roles found in her job descriptions and did work the work of an area minister. She ministered to people who were alienated and built relationships on behalf of TABCOM. Many of us had our specific job descriptions, but her job description didn't limit her to what she did. When Ronny was ordained – she became a chaplain to all American Baptists. She did weddings, funerals, and celebration ceremonies. She filled in where other people needed help. In her role as a chaplain, and as someone who represented what ABCUSA was like, Ronny would get an A-plus.

Ed Guerard continues, "Ronny was active in the American Baptist Women of Massachusetts organization. She always came to their annual conference that was held at Grotonwood and was called House Party. Back in the '70s, there was a year where there was an invasion of caterpillars who just destroyed Grotonwood. The caterpillars were so bad that we had to close Pioneer Village. We couldn't use it as they were crawling everywhere and falling out of the trees.

They were so thick that we had to be careful when people were walking around the grounds and that they didn't slip. Ronny was terrified of them, and so she used an umbrella. The president of ABW at the time was Ruth Arnold, and she was also terrified of them. One day Ronny and Ruth were coming out of the dining hall heading over to the chapel. Ronny had her umbrella up and said she would escort Ruth. I came out of the dining hall, and Ronny asked me to walk in the middle and hold the umbrella over them both. I did, but unfortunately, one caterpillar fell onto Ruth's chest, and of course, she screamed. I couldn't help her, and so Ronny stopped and said, "let us pray." We closed our eyes, and Ronny prayed! She said, "God always provides." When we opened our eyes, the caterpillar was gone, and we continued to walk over to the chapel. I don't know how it happened - perhaps God just performed a miracle with the caterpillar. But Ronny did it in a way that none of us knew.

Rev. Ellen Tatreau shares about meeting Ronny and the impact Ronny had on her life.

"I first met Ronny when I was 9 or 10 years old. She was taking a busload of teenagers to Green Lake, and her bus broke down. She arrived at our church in Chicago late in the evening, and my Dad had everyone sleep in the Fellowship Hall and stayed the next day while the bus was repaired. My Dad and Ronny knew each other after years of doing Campus Ministry and youth work together. Over the ensuing years, I became one of Ronny's kids/children/friend/colleague and admirer.  I tried to never miss her Christmas Open Houses. She became a special friend to our daughter, Amy, when she was nine and joined me in officiating over Amy's wedding in 2013. It was one of the last weddings over which Ronny officiated, and Amy felt blessed. I have been forever blessed by her loving care all these years."

Ronny also was active at Grotonwood, the American Baptist Camp in Groton, MA, and was an enthusiastic supporter as the camp developed and grew to include Oceanwood in Ocean Park, Maine.   

Eddie Blanchard recalls the time, around 1971 when he was a counselor on a summer camp bike trip led by Ronny, which began at Grotonwood and took them through New England back roads for the hundred mile trip to Oceanwood. When in Ocean Park, they stayed on the top floor of Old English (a building no longer at the camp) before biking back to Grotonwood.  Eddie remembers that Ronny had organized the trip so they would bike to a church, have a potluck meal, sleep on the floor, get up early, and repeat the pattern throughout the week.  Eddie said that he and Ronny would go over the map the night before, he would lead the group in the front and set the pace, and Ronny would bring up the rear. He remembers that Ronny hung her laundry on the back of her bike - because she was the last bike rider and at the end of the line.  He recalled that they biked through more than one rainstorm, had numerous flat tires, and had experiences with Ronny they would never forget.

Becky Lindley Williams also met Ronny at camp.  She says, "I met Ronny when I was 16 and working at Grotonwood. I started working on the weekends, and Ronny was often there.  I always made sure she had a "Ronny meal" with no meat. She said grace at our wedding, and I have many pictures of her with myself and my kids through the years that we went to Oceanwood during the Mid-summer festival. I was fortunate to be able to attend her 95th birthday party at her church in Melrose. She was a special person, and I miss her dearly.