PORTSMOUTH, NH — Ronald Poulin, aka “Ron” , passed away peacefully alongside his beloved children, Karen and Chris, on October 17, 2026. Ron celebrated his 90th birthday on August 12th, 2026 at Edgewood Centre in Portsmouth, NH where he was accompanied by the Beantown Swing Orchestra playing all the selections of his personal favorites. At end of the concert, Ron commented “THAT’S IT!” with a smile, punctuating a life well lived.
Ron’s hometown was Uxbridge, MA, adjacent to Milford, MA, the home of his bride, Mary Ellen Curley. Both attended St. Mary’s High School in Milford and were married on 2/16/62. It is no surprise that Ron passed soon after her death on 8/21/26; after 63 years of marriage.
Ron proudly served in the Air Force and was a Korean War veteran. This was evidenced by the discharge papers he presented to the server for his free Veteran’s Day meal at local restaurants. His career was in the defense industry, which included monitoring satellites from the Waimea Canyon in Kauai, HI, to the early Apollo missions in Houston, TX to Textron Defense systems in Wilmington, MA.
He loved to tell stories about his career, particularly the satellite missions and the occasional Friday liquid lunches at the Hilltop Steakhouse with the Textron guys. Ron was an everyday man. He took great pleasure in meeting and befriending people in this daily path. From the boiler man and nurse at work, to the postman; the butcher to choose the best cut of meat and the front end grocer at Market Basket, Ron embraced his community.
But no one was the pride of his existence more than his grandson, Jacob Ringuette. Since 5/1/2006, Ron basked in the glory of being a hands-on grandfather. Icing on the cake was Jacob’s involvement in baseball. “Grampy” was a hard core baseball fan and allegiant to the New York Yankees since he was a child. At every single game, Grampy would be fist pumping Jacob’s strike outs when he pitched, shouting “Ducks on a pond!” when at-bat, and slapping the backs of the fellow fans. Ron couldn’t be more proud of all of Jacob’s accomplishments from Kindergarten to college. He had his loving eyes on the photo of him and Jacob at Yankee Stadium until the day he passed.
A wake was held on October 30th from 4p-7p at Farrell Funeral Home at 684 State Street in Portsmouth, NH and a Mass of Christian burial was on October 31st at 10A at St. Thomas More Church on 6 Madbury Road in Durham, NH.
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