BUSINESSMAN A SUCCESS AT LIFE SONS REMEMBER COMPANY LEADER AS A DAD, MENTOR, FRIEND.Byline: Holly J. Andres Staff Writer James Ryan's honesty, integrity and kindness were qualities that helped to make his company, VER Ver personification; portrayed as infantile and tender. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322] See : Spring Sales, Inc., a success in both the entertainment and aerospace industries. Ryan, a resident of Woodland Hills and Solana Beach, died after three years of declining health on April 2. He was 76. He founded VER Sales, Inc. in Burbank in 1972. The company specializes both in aerospace control cables, some used in the Mars Pathfinder project, and stage rigging equipment used in theater productions and in films such as ``Titanic'' and ``Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean .'' The company currently has facilities in Burbank, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . ``If you shook my dad's hand you could take it to the bank,'' said son Craig Ryan. ``He was a self-made man self-made man n → hombre que ha triunfado por su propio esfuerzo self-made man n → self-made man m self-made man n → . He was conservative in business and I can say that our company is the largest and most well-known rigging company in the entertainment industry.'' While their father didn't have a lot of free time when they were growing up, the memory of their dad making corned beef hash Noun 1. corned beef hash - hash made with corned beef hash - chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned and eggs breakfasts while listening to Dixieland music on Sunday mornings brings a smile to the faces of his three sons. ``He raised us so well. He was my business partner and my friend,'' said middle son, Paul Ryan. ``I already miss him. I feel his energy. I will stop and consider, when I'm in despair or elated, what would he do? He was a great man.'' Besides his great love for Dixieland music, Ryan enjoyed playing golf and loved ``the horses.'' He co-owned race horses that ran at Del Mar. ``Your first impression of him would have been, what a handsome man. When my parents walked down the street they turned heads. He had a huge heart and made people feel very comfortable,'' said youngest son, Patrick Ryan. ``As a parent he was stern, strict and fair. I'm going to remember that we liked to argue politics over the dinner table. He had a good time doing it. The last phone call I had from him he was singing `Happy Birthday.' He died on my birthday.'' James Joseph Ryan was born to parents James and Demetria Perrin Ryan on March 19, 1929, in Ware, Mass. He attended New England College of Business and Accounting in Worcester, Mass., and Colorado University in Denver. Ryan worked with CF & I Steel in Palmer, Mass., in the wire rope division from 1952-1968. Ryan is survived by his wife of 55 years, Gloria Rheaume Ryan; sons, Craig, Paul and Patrick; and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at a later date at St. Bernardine of Siena Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. in Woodland Hills. Ryan was cremated. Donations in his memory may be sent to the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: RYAN |
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