Ronald Dean Potts, 84, passed away December 22, 2025.
Ron grew up on the family farm in rural Page County and graduated from New Market High School. Shortly after graduation, he left the farm and embarked on a 20 plus year career in the U.S. Air Force where he served in Vietnam, and numerous other locations stateside and overseas. Upon his retirement from the Air Force, he worked 25 years in the airline industry before retiring in 2006 and returning to Clarinda. He is preceded in death by his parents Floyd and Wilma Potts, four brothers, Keith, Willis, Herman, and Tommy Potts, and a grandson, Jacob Finger. He is survived by his daughters Angela Middleton (Dean) of Glenwood Iowa and Roni Brooks of Florence CO, five grandsons and three great-grandchildren as well as three nephews Ryan Potts, Jeremy Potts and Herman (Bodie) Potts, and a niece Tina Scroggie.
