Ronald J. Chiaramonte, age 93

of Quincy

Ronald J. Chiaramonte, age 93

Ronald J. “Ron” Chiaramonte, age 93, a longtime resident of Quincy, died peacefully, Saturday, November 15, 2025 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, in the comfort of his loving family.

Ronald was born in Boston, to the late Santo and Sarah (Moccia) Chiaramonte. He was raised in Dorchester, and lived in Quincy for thirty-three years, previously in Dover and Cambridge. He attended the Boston Architectural Center and Architectural Design at Northeastern University.

Ron was proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean conflict.

He was employed as a certified construction specifier in the architectural industry for over forty years. He began his career in 1952 with Perry, Shaw, Hepburn, and Dean Architects in Boston. Over the years he worked for several firms including many years with The Architects Collaborative in Cambridge, Weather-Reps, Inc. in Waltham, and as a self-employed construction consultant.

Ron was well-respected and during his distinguished career, worked on many large construction projects including hospitals, universities, libraries, recreational facilities, office buildings, and housing throughout the United States, and internationally in Bahrain and Kuwait.

He was a member and served on the Board of Directors of various industry-related organizations and was the recipient of several architectural awards.

He was also a talented musician and enjoyed playing the drums with various groups throughout Greater Boston for years, making many friendships.

Ron was an old movie enthusiast, fond of Universal Studios films, Boris Karloff and all the famous actors and actresses of the era. He was a master craftsman, a man with “golden hands,” able to build anything.

Most of all, Ron was a man of amazing generosity and was devoted to his family and friends.

Devoted father of Erik N. Chiaramonte of Scituate.

He shared a loving thirty-five-year partnership with Gloria P. Castano, artist and companion.

One of six siblings, he was the dear brother of Diane Johnson of Uxbridge, Chuck Chiaramonte of Florida, Bill Chiaramonte of Quincy, and was predeceased by Nicholas Chiaramonte and Gail Range.

Ron is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and their families.

Memorial Funeral Services will be conducted at the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Avenue, Quincy, on Monday, November 24, at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Memorial Visitation prior to the service from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Inurnment, with military honors, at Pine Hill Cemetery, West Quincy.

For those who wish, donations in Ronald’s memory may be made to the American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20952.

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  • So sorry to hear of Ron’s Passing. I had the pleasure to work with Ron and lucky to be part of a group that worked together at Weather Reps. It was more of a family there than coworkers, mostly in part to our leader Hugh O’Neill and his longterm secretary and friend, Louise Lopes. Ron was always a kind, smart and friendly person who we all loved to be with. Some of us got together recently and Ron was as handsome and vibrant as ever. He will surely be missed greatly and remembered very fondly. My condolences to his son, Erik, Gloria and the rest of the family. May he rest in peace.

  • My most sincere condolences to Erik, Gloria, Lisa, Cheryl, Diane and all who loved Ronnie. He was without a doubt the coolest cat I’ve ever met. A man of many talents, and a gentleman through and through. If you ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you loved him. I will always treasure your 1980 KE, someday when I teach my grandchildren how to ride it I’ll share with them the story of who you were and how your old bike came to be in mine. Rest in peace Ronnie.

  • So sorry to hear about Ronnie’s passing. Sending my deepest sympathies to all of his family! Ronnie was a great man! Rest In Peace 🙏 Ronnie

  • I am sending my deepest condolences to Ron’s family after just finding out yesterday that he has passed. I worked with Ron on a number of architectural projects during the mid 1990’s and maintained a friendship with him ever since. He was an extremely talented designer, building materials specialist and specifications writer with a marvelous knowledge in the process of design, detailing, construction documentation and construction. We had so many enjoyable lunches and dinners together enjoying each other’s company, a glass of wine and his usual favorite dish of angel hair pasta. Over the last many decades, I cherish so many enjoyable phone conversations about our profession and our lives that always ended with wishing each other the very best. He was a very special person and a reliable friend and will be deeply missed.
    Rest in peace Ron,
    Bob and Lynn Cala