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1939
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2016
Ray Gandy Obituary
December 15, 2016
June 22,2016
Ray Allen Gandy Sr. passed away in his sleep after a battle with cancer on June 22, 2016, at the Rosewood Rehabilitation Center.
Ray leaves his wife of 42 years Margaret Ann (Moore) Gandy; his son, Ray Allen Gandy II and his wife Caroline Gandy; his daughter Sandra Rae Passi and her husband John Passi; brother James Gandy and his wife Barbara Gandy; granddaughter Lilly Zeledon, and three great-grandchildren and many close friends.
Born and raised in Southern California, the son of Lorene and James E Gandy, he was a long time resident of San Gabriel, California before moving to Sparks, Nevada in 2014 to live with his daughter.
Ray served his country in the U.S. Air Force as a Jet Aircraft Mechanic between 1957-1961. In 1961 Ray hired out with the Southern Pacific Railroad as Switchman and eventually becoming a Locomotive Engineer in the Los Angeles Division where he spent the remainder of his working days and retiring in 1994.
A military funeral service was held July 1st along with a private burial at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetary in Fernley, NV.
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July 5, 2016
My sincere condolences to your family. May God "who comforts us in all our trials" (2 Cor 1:4) comfort you and your family at such a difficult time. I know God will help you to endure because he cares for you (1Peter 5 :7).
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