Richard G. Whynall

NEWPORT -- Richard G. Whynall, 79, of Spruce Street, died Nov. 15, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Utica, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1931, to Ernest and Alma (Gorton) Whynall. He was raised and educated in Utica and later in Nutley, N.J., graduating from Nutley High School in 1949. He attended Duke University where he met his wife of 58 years, Nancy Borden.

He was employed with Sanders Associates in Nashua as an electronics engineer for more than 20 years. He was a longtime Mason, a Sunapee Lion, and an active member of the South Congregational Church in Newport.

During a lifetime of community service, he served on town planning boards, volunteer fire departments, and emergency rescue squads.

IN HIS LIFE: He was involved with the Amateur Radio Emergency Services and was a founding member of the Mountain View Lake Protective Association, keeping watch over his beloved Mountain View Lake. He was an avid photographer and an amateur pilot.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include his daughter, Cary Jardine of Keene and her former husband, Dick Jardine, also of Keene; his daughter, Chris Wiest and her husband, Eric, of Sunapee; his son, Jeffrey M. Whynall and his wife, Cathy, of Killingworth, Conn.; grandchildren Caitlin and Scott Whynall, Adam Jardine and his wife, Yuki, Matthew Jardine, Hannah Wiest Curtiss and her husband Dustin, and Heidi Wiest; and one great-granddaughter, Kalyn Curtiss.

SERVICES: A memorial service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at South Congregational Church, 20 Church St. in Newport, with the Rev. Craig Cowing officiating. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Burial will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the New Boston Cemetery, Cemetery Road in New Boston.

There will be no calling hours.

Donations may be made to the Lake Sunapee Visiting Nurses Association Hospice Program, PO Box 2209, New London 03257.

For more information or to send a condolence, please visit the Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home at www.newtonbartlett.com.