Richard "Dique" Lloyd Gonyea
April 21, 1945 ~ October 17, 2022
Richard (Dique) Lloyd Gonyea of Alexandria, Virginia died at age 77 on October 17, 2022 peacefully and surrounded by family.
At his request no service will be held.
Mr. Gonyea was born on April 21, 1945 in Cumberland, MD, to Lloyd Fred Gonyea and Mary Jeanne Gonyea, nee Toomey. He was raised in the Boston suburb of Arlington, MA and was a graduate of Northeastern University where he received an electrical engineering degree. He was fascinated by higher mathematics such as fuzzy logic and fractal geometry. He spent much of his career as a government contractor working on telemetry and guidance systems for satellites.
Mr. Gonyea was President of Telenetics, Inc., a space systems engineering company and was involved in multiple programs for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
An aficionado of medieval reenactments, he was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and regularly attended local renaissance fairs. Eastern philosophy and Japanese art and movies were other interests he was passionate about.
His wry sense of humor was appreciated by all those who knew and loved him. He greatly appreciated local artisans and often supported their work by purchasing gifts for friends and family.
Dique is survived by his two sisters, Marybeth Shiell and Margaret Brundage and his four nephews, Zebulon Brundage, Eben Brundage, Robert Shiell and Henry Shiell, and his chosen family Zak and Donna McNamara.
He greatly appreciated the programming on public broadcasting, and donations in his memory may be made to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)/National Public Radio (NPR).
At his request no service will be held.
Mr. Gonyea was born on April 21, 1945 in Cumberland, MD, to Lloyd Fred Gonyea and Mary Jeanne Gonyea, nee Toomey. He was raised in the Boston suburb of Arlington, MA and was a graduate of Northeastern University where he received an electrical engineering degree. He was fascinated by higher mathematics such as fuzzy logic and fractal geometry. He spent much of his career as a government contractor working on telemetry and guidance systems for satellites.
Mr. Gonyea was President of Telenetics, Inc., a space systems engineering company and was involved in multiple programs for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
An aficionado of medieval reenactments, he was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and regularly attended local renaissance fairs. Eastern philosophy and Japanese art and movies were other interests he was passionate about.
His wry sense of humor was appreciated by all those who knew and loved him. He greatly appreciated local artisans and often supported their work by purchasing gifts for friends and family.
Dique is survived by his two sisters, Marybeth Shiell and Margaret Brundage and his four nephews, Zebulon Brundage, Eben Brundage, Robert Shiell and Henry Shiell, and his chosen family Zak and Donna McNamara.
He greatly appreciated the programming on public broadcasting, and donations in his memory may be made to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)/National Public Radio (NPR).
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