Richard Hayden Bromund Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Richard Hayden Bromund of Mills River, North Carolina, born in Oberlin, Ohio, who passed away on March 15, 2024 at the age of 83. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Richard Hayden Bromund to pay them a last tribute.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Werner Hermann Bromund and Elizabeth H. Bacon Bromund. He is survived by: his sister Mary Elizabeth'Marylee'Bromund; his wife Virginia; his son Ted; his daughter-in-law Erica Munkwitz; his daughter Nicola; his granddaughter Mara Francis Wolf Cavanagh; his son-in-law MJ Cavanagh; his stepdaughter Janice Lee Pett Ritchey; his stepgrandchildren, Cara Lynne Ritchey Jones, Chase Allen Ritchey and Kate Anne Pett; and also, Vince, Juliana, Gabriel, Brian T. Pett and Racquel.
In Asheville, his life was limited after 2019 by COVID, but he took an active interest in Asheville and national politics and donated enthusiastically to a variety of ecological and progressive causes.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the "Thomas A. Sanborn and Richard H. Bromund Endowed Fund in Chemistry" at the College of Wooster at https://wooster.edu, or to New Hampshire Lakes at https://nhlakes.app.neoncrm.com.
