Ronald Cameron Bishop, Jr., age 74, of Westfield, New York, died April 14 at St. Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.
He was born on June 18, 1937 in South Orange, New Jersey. A Westfield resident since 1987, Bishop and his wife Emma moved there from Maplewood, New Jersey, where they raised their family.
Ronald Bishop had been the curator of Radio City Music Hall’s Grand Organ and was CEO of his own pipe organ maintenance business for more than 40 years. He had also been a sales representative for the Schantz Organ Company since 1987, and was the co-owner of Center Stage Dance Studio in Westfield, New York.
He had been an active member of the First Presbyterian Church and Society of Westfield and served as a church elder. He was also a train enthusiast. He was the author of “What a Time It Was: A Fond Remembrance,” THE DIAPASON, January 2009, pp. 23–27.
Ronald Bishop is survived by his wife of 51 years, Emma E. (Stiffler) Bishop, two sons, and two grandchildren.
