Ronald Leo

Cobbett Maribett

Ronald Leo Maribett, born Ronald Leo Cobbett, of Kingston was born in Brockton on February 14, 1948 to Stanley Windsor Cobbett and Marjorie Louise Clogston. He passed away on October 14, 2026 in the home that he built with his family.

He graduated from East Bridgewater High School in 1966 then served as a Radarman in the US Navy. Ronald studied at UMASS and the University of Barcelona (Spain) to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature. In 1981 he earned his Master of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and in 2012, Ronald earned a Permaculture Design Certification from "Sowing Solutions."

He was married to Constance Marini of East Bridgewater in May 1979, after combining both names into a unique family surname. Ronald and Constance had two children, Dominique and Nicholas.

Ronald worked for the Continuing Education Institute for 3 years, then was recruited to work at the Department of Public Welfare as a Training contractor in 1985. That same year, he and Connie purchased a blueberry farm in Kingston, operating it as an organic farm. After working as a budget and finance officer with the Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations, he worked at the Department of Environmental Protection as a director and regional planner until 2003.

He was an organic farmer at Maribett Farm (Kingston) and Colchester Neighborhood Farm (Plympton) and a teacher at Lesley College and Bridgewater State University until retirement. He was involved in Kingston town government and youth sports, chaired the Jones River Watershed Association and sang in the choir at Kingston First Parish Unitarian Universalist Congregation and with the Pilgrim Festival Chorus for several years. In 2019 he participated in the Sundance celebration in the Sacred Circle in Andean Colombia. Through physical health challenges Ronald optimistically embraced the Mother Earth model of 'being' instead of 'always doing' which helped him to find peace in passing. Ronald is survived "by everybody I got to know and care about along the way who's still going on or searching for the red road of peace and harmony with our one Earth and each other." Details of a spring celebration of Ronald's life will be shared with family and friends.

Ron has served the permaculture community for over 60 years. Recently lending his expertise to Fowl Play Farm & Miss Bee Haven for their restoration of the Historic DeLorenzo Farm in Duxbury, MA, Ron left them with the mission, "Let's get that barn built!"

The Maribett family requests that donations be made to the Historic DeLorenzo Farm, through the Town of Duxbury using the following instructions:

1. Go to https://www.town.duxbury.ma.us/

2. Click "Online Payments"

3. Click on "Donations"

4. Click on "Donation - The DeLorenzo Farm Fund"

   
   

Donations can also be made by mailing a check to Duxbury Town Hall - Donations, 878 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA, 02332 with a note, "In Memory of Ron Maribett for the restoration of the Historic DeLorenzo Farm."