Roy Gunn Obituary

Roy Thomas Gunn
Roy was born March 18th, 1925 in Hartford Arkansas to Bessie and Burley Gunn. He passed away on December 18, 2012 at his home. He moved to San Pedro while in high school and graduated from San Pedro High School Winter 1944. While attending SPHS he met his future wife Jean A. Garrison. After graduating from high school he was drafted into WWII, Army and served in the Pacific Theatre. Most of his military service was in Luzon, Philippines where he loaded the "big guns". When the war was over he spent the remainder of his military career helping out in Japan and then home. When he returned home in 1946 he and Jean were married within two weeks of his return and had 62 #189; years of married life before Jean passed in December 2008. Roy was a machinist for several years in many shops including Neill Aircraft Co. but his favorite job was at TRW where he worked for about 27 years until he retired. He and Mom traveled all over the Western United States in their travel trailer and enjoyed retirement. Dad was predeceased by his parents, sister Alma Rotenberry brother Burley Gunn, Jr... He is survived by his daughters Jane Kopecky (Eugene), Lucinda Traughber (Brad), grand-daughters Karole and Laura Kopecky, grandson Josh Bramlett (Delia) and his beloved great-grandchildren Matthew and Valerie Bramlett. Dad we know that you are happy to be with Mom now but you will be loved by us forever and missed terribly. In lieu of flowers memorials to go to The Bodie Foundation P.O. Box 278 Bridgeport, CA 93517 Attention: Donations/Memorials. Viewing is from 9:00- 10:00 am on Friday December 21, 2012 at Green Hills Mortuary with Graveside services to follow at 10:30 am. Please sign the guestbook at www.dailybreeze.com

Published by Daily Breeze on Dec. 20, 2012.
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Sorry to hear of your father's passing. My thoughts are with you at this difficult time. From an Alma street neighbor.

Irene (Stavros) Jackson

December 23, 2012

For some reason my name was omitted on the message I left.

This has been a difficult month for my former classmates. Three parents in two weeks. Cindy, Susie and now Jane and Lucinda.

All of us were fortunate to have had the wonderful parents we had and their memories and life's lessons will always be with us and will sustain us until we meet them again in a better place

Craig Jorgensen

December 21, 2012

"Slim" will eternally cherish the fond memories of the man who could always make me laugh...your forever friend,
Andrea

December 21, 2012

When I came to TRW in 1972 Roy was a respected member of the DSP assembly and test mechanical crew. I am sad to hear of his passing but will always remember his accomplishments and dedication to the tasks assigned him.
Roy was a good man.

Al Sharp

December 20, 2012

Worked with Roy at TRW from mid 1976 to his retirement. He knew his trade, great to work with and always good for a laugh.

Alan Awane

December 20, 2012

Roy Gunn will be profoundly missed not only by his family but by anyone who had the pleasure of meeting him. He was, indeed, the "real thing". Roy was a great storyteller. I will never forget his kindness, sincerity and sense of humor. I know my life was one of many that was touched by Roy in a very positive way.

December 20, 2012

I knew and worked with Roy for some 20 plus years. He was a great guy and a lot of fun to be around. TW.....Tom Wilhelm

December 20, 2012

My heartfelt condolences extend out to all Roy's family during this time of sorrow. As a very young man I had the great fortune of meeting Roy and working daily with him until he retired from TRW. We shared many fond stories and lessons from life, even though our ages were decades apart. Even to this day I vividly recall how enthusiastic he became when talking about his grandson Josh. At that time Josh was very young, but that didn't stop him from being a huge baseball fan. As I recall he could probably name every player in Major League Baseball and his favorite team was the Oakland A's. I always looked forward to seeing Roy after he spent time with Josh because I knew he would have an upbeat story to tell. My hope at this time is that Roy's family can find some comfort in knowing he touched many who knew and worked with him throughout the years.
Sincerely,
Tim Wright

Tim Wright

December 20, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time of your loss. We will all miss grandpa. We were very blessed to have Grandpa in our lives for so many years and will always treasure all the fun times we were able to share with him. He truly was grandpa to my boys. Marky, Derek, Gary, Jenna along with myself will miss him very much. We all love Grandpa.

December 20, 2012

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