Ronald Franklin Foland

Local Frederick businessman Ronald Franklin Foland, 82, of Stuart, Florida and Frederick, Maryland passed away May 12, 2022, in Florida. He was born January 27, 1940, to Austin Franklin and Lillian Wachter Foland and grandson of Harry Franklin and Ivy Rickerds Foland. He was the third-generation owner of H. Frank Foland & Son Concrete Contractors.

Educated in Frederick public schools, he graduated from Frederick High School in 1958 and Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) in 1963. He worked in Cleveland, Ohio in the office of Howard, Needles, Tamman and Bergendorf designing interstate highways before returning to Frederick to enter the family construction business expanding it from a sole proprietorship to a partnership to a corporation.

Ron also joined fellow classmate Russell Horman and two other businessmen to establish Tranquility of Fredericktowne an assisted living enterprise serving Frederick County and its surrounding areas.

Ron was the beloved husband of classmate Edith Whisner. They married in 1963 and started a family of 5 children: Kimberly Foley, Stacy Brown (Tim), Ronda Foland, Erik Foland (Maritza) and Karen Foland (Jonathan McGreevy). He is survived by brother Kenneth Foland and sister Barbara Dickerson; 20 grandchildren : Heather Morgan (Dan), Brian Foley, Kristen Chapman (Tim), Michael Foley (Molly), Scott Brown, Ian Foland (Jasmine), David Brown, Kory Foland (Abby), Daniel Brown, Erika Henrie (Levi), Lily Foland, Madelin Foland, Aidan Foland, Finn McGreevy, Elli Foland, Sullivan McGreevy, Nadia Foland, Michael McGreevy, Arlie Foland, Mary McGreevy and 9 great grandchildren: Grace Morgan, Charlotte Morgan, Landon Henrie, Juliette Henrie, Asher Foland, Myles Chapman, Darcie Henrie, Sophie Foland, and Owen Chapman. He was predeceased by a sister Janet Sharrer and 2 grandsons, Zachary and Peyton Foland (Erik). His other interests included fishing, golf, boating, travel and playing cards with his friends. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.

The family will receive friends from 4pm to 7pm, on Friday, May 20, 2022 at the Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A. 106 E. Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701.  The funeral service will be held at 9:30AM, on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in the Etchison Memorial Chapel at the funeral home.  Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be mailed to The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701, with Friends of Baker Park noted in the check’s memo line. Online donations may be made at www.FrederickCountyGives.org/FriendsofBakerPark .  Dedicated memorial donations may also be made to Florida Oceanographic Society, 890 Northeast Ocean Blvd., Stuart, Florida 34996 or online at www.floridaocean.org .