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January 23, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Holy Cross R.C. Church in Wayne where a 9:30 AM a Requiem Mass will be held.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 25, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Richard G. Gunther, age 71 of Wayne and Manasquan, after a courageous three month battle with cancer, died on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 peacefully at home with his wife and children by his side.
Richard was born and raised in Lyndhurst and graduated from Lyndhurst High School with the Class of 1953 as a proud “Golden Bear.” He was inducted into the Lyndhurst Athletic Hall of Fame in June 1995. He proudly served his country as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, US Army, Fort Bragg, N.C. He then graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford Campus in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Richard married his college sweetheart, Gail (Gavin). They celebrated their forty-seventh wedding anniversary this past November.
Richard was a top District Manager for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Manhattan for twenty seven years, earning the President’s Club award every year. He retired in 2001 as “The Legend.”
Richard will always be remembered by his family as a very loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. The arrival of his grandchildren was a very special highlight in his life. He loved them with all of his heart.
Richard savored time spent with his family at his summer home. In his retirement, he enjoyed golf (almost everyday), many afternoons at the “YMHA” in Wayne, and traveling. His competitive nature and drive to win brought him much satisfaction on the golf course.
Richard was a forty-three year parishioner of Holy Cross R.C. Church in Wayne. He was a member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181, the Lyndhurst AMVETS Post 20, and former coach of the Wayne PAL Baseball program and the Wayne Boys Club football teams.
Cherished father of Lisa and her husband Edward Janiga, Laura and her husband Andrew Lauckner, and John and his wife Chrissy Gunther. He was the beloved Grandpa to Ryan Janiga, Kaitlyn, Lindsay and Kelsey Lauckner, and Gavin and Jack Gunther. He will be missed by his little dog, Suzie. Also survived by his sister Marie Geraghty of Lanoka Harbor, brother James and his wife Bobbi of Cream Ridge, his brother-in-law Edward Gavin and his wife Barbara of Annandale, and nine nieces and nephews, and many dear friends.
In Lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society of NJ, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Holy Cross R.C. Church in Wayne where a 9:30 AM a Requiem Mass will be held.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 25, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
January 23, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, then to Holy Cross R.C. Church in Wayne where a 9:30 AM a Requiem Mass will be held.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 25, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Richard G. Gunther, age 71 of Wayne and Manasquan, after a courageous three month battle with cancer, died on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 peacefully at home with his wife and children by his side.
Richard was born and raised in Lyndhurst and graduated from Lyndhurst High School with the Class of 1953 as a proud “Golden Bear.” He was inducted into the Lyndhurst Athletic Hall of Fame in June 1995. He proudly served his country as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, US Army, Fort Bragg, N.C. He then graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford Campus in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Richard married his college sweetheart, Gail (Gavin). They celebrated their forty-seventh wedding anniversary this past November.
Richard was a top District Manager for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Manhattan for twenty seven years, earning the President’s Club award every year. He retired in 2001 as “The Legend.”
Richard will always be remembered by his family as a very loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. The arrival of his grandchildren was a very special highlight in his life. He loved them with all of his heart.
Richard savored time spent with his family at his summer home. In his retirement, he enjoyed golf (almost everyday), many afternoons at the “YMHA” in Wayne, and traveling. His competitive nature and drive to win brought him much satisfaction on the golf course.
Richard was a forty-three year parishioner of Holy Cross R.C. Church in Wayne. He was a member of the Wayne Elks Lodge 2181, the Lyndhurst AMVETS Post 20, and former coach of the Wayne PAL Baseball program and the Wayne Boys Club football teams.
Cherished father of Lisa and her husband Edward Janiga, Laura and her husband Andrew Lauckner, and John and his wife Chrissy Gunther. He was the beloved Grandpa to Ryan Janiga, Kaitlyn, Lindsay and Kelsey Lauckner, and Gavin and Jack Gunther. He will be missed by his little dog, Suzie. Also survived by his sister Marie Geraghty of Lanoka Harbor, brother James and his wife Bobbi of Cream Ridge, his brother-in-law Edward Gavin and his wife Barbara of Annandale, and nine nieces and nephews, and many dear friends.
In Lieu of flowers memorial donations to the American Cancer Society of NJ, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 would be appreciated.
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