Obituary for Richard V. Lunniss
In the early morning of December 19, 2022, Richard V. Lunniss, of Hamburg, NJ, passed away
at the age of 78, after a long and valiant battle with cancer and kidney disease.
Richard was born on August 3, 1944 to Ivy and Cyril Lunniss in Chelmsford, Essex, England. In his youth, Richard was an avid sportsman. He was a schoolboy boxing champion of England and boxed for his country as an amateur, with one of his matches being televised. He worked for Marconi Communications Systems in England and launched a career in communications in the early 70’s. His career took him to Africa and eventually back to the United States where he joined New Jersey-based systems integrator, A.F. Associates as Vice President of Sales. He transitioned to working for spinoff AVS Broadcast and then Tekniche, a UK manufacturer of interface equipment and standard converters. He served as VP US at Tekniche, growing American operations into a multi-million-dollar business where he remained until 2002. Rich took on the role of VP Broadcast Sales at Diversified Systems in 2003 and then joined Evertz in a senior sales role, responsible for key accounts. He continued with Evertz as a consultant for many years following his semi-retirement.
He is survived by his wife, MaryAnn, his son Steve Lunniss and husband Malcolm Hammond, daughters Lisa Vallacchi and husband Doug, Laura Putnam and husband Dana, his granddaughters Meghan and Emily Putnam, his sister Jackie Linge and husband Ken, sister-in-law Jill Lunniss, nephews Andrew Linge and Peter Lunniss, and nieces Emma Stevens and Claire Spear. He is predeceased by his brother Robin Lunniss.
While his professional accomplishments were varied and numerous, he will be remembered for his love of his wife MaryAnn and family, his sense of humor, intelligence and loyalty to those whose life he touched. He was a friend to all and a mentor to many. His secret to living a happy and meaningful life was spending time with family, gin martinis (up with three olives), watching English football and rooting for his football team which he started supporting at the age of 5, Huddersfield Town. No matter how they performed to him they were the best of the best.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 7th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Finding Home Farms, 140 Eatontown Road, Middletown, NY 10940. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.org.
at the age of 78, after a long and valiant battle with cancer and kidney disease.
Richard was born on August 3, 1944 to Ivy and Cyril Lunniss in Chelmsford, Essex, England. In his youth, Richard was an avid sportsman. He was a schoolboy boxing champion of England and boxed for his country as an amateur, with one of his matches being televised. He worked for Marconi Communications Systems in England and launched a career in communications in the early 70’s. His career took him to Africa and eventually back to the United States where he joined New Jersey-based systems integrator, A.F. Associates as Vice President of Sales. He transitioned to working for spinoff AVS Broadcast and then Tekniche, a UK manufacturer of interface equipment and standard converters. He served as VP US at Tekniche, growing American operations into a multi-million-dollar business where he remained until 2002. Rich took on the role of VP Broadcast Sales at Diversified Systems in 2003 and then joined Evertz in a senior sales role, responsible for key accounts. He continued with Evertz as a consultant for many years following his semi-retirement.
He is survived by his wife, MaryAnn, his son Steve Lunniss and husband Malcolm Hammond, daughters Lisa Vallacchi and husband Doug, Laura Putnam and husband Dana, his granddaughters Meghan and Emily Putnam, his sister Jackie Linge and husband Ken, sister-in-law Jill Lunniss, nephews Andrew Linge and Peter Lunniss, and nieces Emma Stevens and Claire Spear. He is predeceased by his brother Robin Lunniss.
While his professional accomplishments were varied and numerous, he will be remembered for his love of his wife MaryAnn and family, his sense of humor, intelligence and loyalty to those whose life he touched. He was a friend to all and a mentor to many. His secret to living a happy and meaningful life was spending time with family, gin martinis (up with three olives), watching English football and rooting for his football team which he started supporting at the age of 5, Huddersfield Town. No matter how they performed to him they were the best of the best.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 7th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Finding Home Farms, 140 Eatontown Road, Middletown, NY 10940. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Kidney Foundation at kidney.org.