Ron Gabriel

I, Ronald Gabriel born at 12:36 am on March 4th 1946 at St Joseph Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. Deaf parents Betty ( of York,Pa ) and Harry Gabriel ( of Wilkesbarre,Pa ) I was born with a normal hearing til I was 4 then it started to drop approz 30%. I m the third generation of deaf families on mother's side. At 4, went to Pennsylvanis School for the Deaf in Philadelphia. At 17, I graduated and went to Gallaudet College then married during my sophmore year so I left college and began working as a printer, they went bankrupt 5 years later, while collecting unemployment insurance I did addition on my house then was offered to do theirs from there I became a builder for 23 years. Got divorced in 1986, moved back to Pa and got a job as a union carpenter in NYC, worked there for 10 years. I have 2 daughters, both living at shore point in S.Jersey, 8 grandkids and 1 new Great Grand Daughter KamieJo as of July 2015. Today I m retired and are having fun camping, motorcycling, fishing plus many others. Doing lots of Photography work at Fort Myers, Fla where we spend the winter as a snowbird with my girlfriend of 22 years, soon to me my wifey.