Robert Mitchell Lunn
1924-2018
LUNN ROBERT MITCHELL – Lexington, MA … Robert Mitchell Lunn,
94, of Lexington MA, died peacefully after a short illness on July
28th, 2018. Born July 19th, 1924, in St. Stephen, NB, where he
married the love of his life,Audrey Kathleen Groom, also born in St.
Stephen, NB, who passed in September 2015. They were married for 68
years., son of Helen Leone Hall & Oscar Lunn.
Robert graduated from the University of Maine Orono 1944 at age
of 19 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went into the
service following college and was a Seaman First Class in the US Navy
during WW11. He worked for the St. Croix Paper Mill which later became
Georgia … Pacific Cochran Steam Specialty, Arthur D. Little, CTI
Cryogenics, and Koch Processing. He held a patent for the Cryogenic
Refrigerator plus many other patents. He worked at Cape Canaveral on
liquid helium for the rocket program. He also supervised the building
of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Silos. Audrey &
Linton lived in Quincy MA, until they bought land and built their own
house in 1958 in Lexington.
Bob is survived by his brother Howard and his wife Carol of Palm
City Florida, currently living in MA, his son Howard and his wife
Linda Richards; his daughter Linda and her husband Lenley Rafuse, and
his son Mark and his wife Linda.
He is also survived by his 6 grandchildren: Cheryl, John, Eric,
Laura, Christopher, Peter and his step grand daughter Ilean and step
great grandson Dale. He will be greatly missed.
A small family ceremony at the Calais Cemetery will take place on
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 at 11:00 am Cdn time) (10:00 am US time)
All friends and family are welcome to attend.
A reception will follow at Humphreys Funeral Home Reception
Centre, 20 Marks Street, St. Stephen, NB at 12:00 noon Canadian.
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Robert Mitchell Lunn 19242018..
Décès pour la Ville: St-Stephen, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick
