Fairport, N.Y.- Gary Edward Gunther went to be with the Lord on July 24th, at the age of 68.
Pre-deceased by his parents, Edward and Shirley Gunther. Survived by his sister, Christine Fredericks and brother-in-law, Don. Nephew Jeff Fredericks and his wife Stephanie, and their children Charles and Evelyn of Victor. Niece Jena Weber and her husband Ralph, and children Benny, Gabriel and Ellie, Niece Jaime McCall and her husband Dan all in Nevada. Also all his extended family at St. John Fisher College.
He also leaves behind his loving and faithful dog, Rocky.
Gary was a graduate of Rockland Community College and served his country in the Airforce before joining St. John Fisher College as a Computer Operator. He remained a loyal and dedicated employee for almost 40 years, rising to be Senior Systems Administrator in the Office of Information Technology.
A Memorial Service will be held Friday, August 10th, at 10 AM in the Hermance Family Chapel of St. Basil the Great, on the St. John Fisher College campus.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Lollipop Farm.
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12 responses to “Gunther, Gary E.”
Gary always made me smile with his greeting of “Hi bubbles.” He was a kind and caring person who took the time to do the little things to make people’s day better.
I am deeply saddened to hear this news. Gary was my go to person at work. I will always remember the way he closed our phone conversations with “ba-bye-bye-bye.” Kind hearted and dog lover. Prayers for his family ❤️
I am shocked to hear the news of Gary’s passing! Gary was a longtime colleague and friend – a “go-to” guy when a problem arose with the computer systems. He was an expert and a wonderful human being. Every conversation was a highlight of the day. I mourn his passing but am confident that he is being welcomed into Paradise. May his noble soul rest in peace.
Thanks to all for the sympathy and kind words for Gary starting to be posted here. From the Fredericks-Gunther family they are much appreciated. Gary was a wonderful, loving brother, uncle and great uncle or “gruncle” as my kids called him. He will be missed.
I saw Gary at work a few days before his passing. We were coordinating some logistical needs for the start of Buffalo Bills training camp. I joked with Gary that it was nice to see him for a reason other than because he was investigating DMCA violations. Gary was very intelligent and always kind. He will be missed.
I am so sad to hear of Gary’s passing. I will miss him.
I will miss Gary very much. When I began working at Fisher 27 years ago, I knew I had met a kindred spirit when I saw him wearing a Star Trek communicator pin at a training session he was teaching. We also shared a love of movies over many genres and generations. He was also so generous in lending his movies for me to watch. I was unaware of how ill he was as he never dwelled on such things, but preferred to talk about the things he enjoyed and would eagerly suggest movies I should watch. I will remember him that way, and also his great love for Rocky, who was featured in so many of his Facebook photos. Gary was a good man, and a patriotic American. May he rest in peace.
I will miss Gary! He always greeted me by asking “how’s life in the fast lane?”. He brought a smile to my face any time I had the chance to speak with him. My thoughts are with his friends and family – this is an enormous loss.
I worked with him for 7 years and to say he had a kind heart would be an understatement. He will be missed.
I was shocked to hear about Gary’s passing, having worked with him for almost 24 years at Fisher. He has always so helpful, especially in the early days when I needed him to install government software with floppy disks. In recent years I would tease him that I saw him more often at our local Wegmans than at work. I will miss him. He was always kind and patient. My prayers go out to the entire Fredericks-Gunther family.
I’m so sorry to hear about Gary! He was such a kind man and always so patient with me and my computer challenges! He will be missed!
I will miss Gary, he was a very kind and humble man, I worked with him for a couple of years setting up the phones for the bills camp. You will be missed Gary. God Bless