Ronald Shannon Victor
Ronald Shannon Victor passed away suddenly February 25, 2022 while spending time with family in Billings, Montana.
Ron was born on March 13, 1963 to Ronald Clifford Victor and Sandra Gail Youngblood in Salem, Oregon. He finished his school years in Newport Oregon, attending Newport High School.
In his early adulthood, Ron’s hard work ethic led him all over the western coast. He often spoke of the wonderful times he spent in Ketchikan, Alaska working aboard the ocean vessel, The M/V Columbia. Working his way up the chain, Ron held placements on the ocean vessel as a cook, a steward, and a stores keeper. He was highly recognized as being an excellent crew member, and through letters of recommendation he is well documented as being highly talented, dependable, the backbone of the ship’s operation, “a real people person”, and a great asset to the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Throughout his life, Ron was a big fan of the outdoors. He loved hunting, camping, mountain biking, and was a talented fisherman. He often told fishing stories of catching large steelheads in the many western ocean bound fresh waters early in his life, and enjoyed fishing the Yellowstone River for catfish in his later years. He had a knack for cleaning those catfish unlike anyone had ever seen!
