Ronald Dixon, a resident of Penrith since 1999, died on April 10 at Lancaster Royal Infirmary, aged 91 years.
Ron was born in Leicester in 1930. He attended grammar school there and went on to read law at Cambridge.
After national service he returned to Leicester where he practised as a solicitor. He married Ethel in 1964 and the couple had two children, a son Philip and a daughter Chris.
In 1984, Ron was appointed as a district judge and moved with his family to Boston, Lincolnshire, where Ethel died in 1990.
After retiring in 1999, Ron wasted no time moving to Penrith to pursue his lifelong passion for fell walking and he completed two rounds of all the Wainwrights during his 70s.
He was an active member of the Penrith Ramblers group, walking with them most weeks for many years.
Ron was also a keen choral singer. While working in Leicester he sang with the Leicester Philharmonic Choir, which is how he met Ethel.
In Penrith he joined the Penrith Singers and Eden Singers and participated in many local concerts with both choirs as a tenor.
A funeral service will be held at Eden Valley Crematorium, Temple Sowerby, on May 3 at 12.30pm.
Walkers Funeral Directors, Penrith, are handling the arrangements.
