Santa Barbara Resident Ronald Dominic Fendon Dies at 100
Ronald Dominic Fendon, a Santa Barbara resident noted for his career as an engineer, businessman, pilot, and benefactor, has passed away at the age of 100. He was known for his involvement with the Santa Barbara Airport Commission and the…
Santa Barbara Santa Maria San Luis Obispo, CA, October 25, 2026 —
Ronald Dominic Fendon, a Santa Barbara resident whose career included engineering, business and piloting, has died at age 100. He was also known as a benefactor and for involvement with the Santa Barbara Airport Commission and the Montecito Creek Water Company.
The information available identifies Fendon’s professional and community connections but does not specify the positions he held with either organization. It also does not provide details about his engineering or business work, his aviation activities, or the causes and recipients of his benefactions.
No date or place of death was provided. The information does not state a cause of death, identify surviving relatives, or give details about funeral or memorial arrangements. Those details therefore remain unreported.
Fendon’s age at death and his association with the two Santa Barbara-area organizations are the principal details provided about his life. Further information about the length or nature of his involvement with the airport commission and water company was not included.
His death marks the passing of a centenarian described through a combination of professional work, aviation, philanthropy and local organizational involvement. The available account offers no additional biographical timeline or statements from family members or the organizations.
Story summarized from the original created by Rosalind Fendon on www.noozhawk.com, see more information here.
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