Ronald "Ronnie Dee" E. Deighan

Pawtucket – Ronald “Ronnie Dee” E. Deighan, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the beloved husband of Judith (Traynor) Deighan for fifty-two cherished years. A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Raymond P. and Leah F. (Shannon) Deighan. Ronnie was a United States Air Force veteran of the Vietnam Era. He was employed at the U.S. Navy Seabee Base in Davisville and more recently at the U.S. Naval Station in Newport, retiring in 2004 after twenty-one years as a purchasing and contracting agent. Ronnie’s passion in life was music. He began his musical journey in the 1950’s at the age of 17, with “Ronny and the Satellites”. Through the decades, he performed at many national and local venues and was personally known as “Ronnie Dee”. In more recent years he was known as “Ronnie Dee Entertainment”, “Songs in the Key of Dee”; “The Encore Entertainers” and “Ronnie and the New Satellites”....