Ronald Shurtleff

Ronald William Shurtleff was born on July 13, 1954 in Massachusetts to Ronald Edward Shurtleff and a mother not known to this author. Ronald had four siblings. 

Ronald was a patrilineal descendant of William Shurtleff, an early member of the Plymouth Colony. William Shurtleff came to Plymouth from England as an indentured servant as a ten-year old child in the 1630s and served a ten-year period of indenture until the 1640s. He remained in the Plymouth Colony until his death in the 1660s from a lightning strike. The Shurtleff family has lived in Massachusetts continuously for centuries, since the days of the Plymouth Colony.

On July 22, 1972, Ronald married Charlene Hervey in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Ronald and Charlene had one daughter, Sonia Marie Shurtleff, who was born on October 15th, 1972. Ronald and his young family lived in Lynn, Massachusetts. 

Ronald passed away in New York City in 1992 at the young age of 38.

Ronald’s daughter Sonia passed away at age 23, along with her fiance David Allen, aged 32, on June 14th, 1996; they were victims of violence. Sonia and David were survived by their two young daughters.