Mantua carver has ultimate task
Ron Fedor creates memorial for his own family
By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
MANTUA TWP.: After his father died, Ron Fedor's mother made a simple request.
Simple, yet difficult for a son to complete.
''Would you carve our headstone for us?'' Roberta H. ''Bootsy'' Geiss-Fedor asked.
Richard J. ''Red'' Fedor died in October 2008 of lung cancer and the mother was also battling lung cancer.
Ron Fedor, 51, learned the craft and trade of stone carving and masonry from his father. He has operated the family's business, Fedor Masonry, since his father retired 15 year ago.
The request left the son thinking about a fitting tribute.
Before his death, his dad also approached him about carving a headstone.
He began sketching his ideas on paper.
As his mother's health deteriorated, Fedor said, it was difficult to share his ideas with her.
He showed her some sketches. One caught her eye.
She pointed to it, but she said, there was a problem with the drawing.
The idea Fedor had come up with was a stone wall to represent his father's work, but the wall was to be left unfinished.
''Your father always finished his jobs,'' his mother told him.
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