Gary Thomas Siress
April 18, 1938-June 26, 2012
Mountain View, California
Submitted by Tony Siress

Gary Thomas Siress, 74, a 59-year resident of Mountain View California, passed away Tuesday, June 26th, 2012.

He was born on April 18th, 1938 in Benton Kentucky. Gary moved to Mountain View in 1953 and graduated from Mountain View High School in 1956. He married Rachel Borrego in 1960 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Mountain View. Gary proudly served his country as a US Marine from 1956 to 1963 with the 1st Air Delivery Company. He was honorably discharged as a Lance Corporal (E-3) on April 17th 1963. Gary started his career as a short-order cook at Johnny Mac's the home of the original "Big Mac" here in Mountain View. He loved cars & motorcycles and moved into auto-parts at Anderson Auto Parts, then joined Palo Alto Auto Parts before joining a team of his friends in the infancy of what became Silicon Valley as a sales rep and later co-owner in industrial sheet metal, precision machining and a paint company whose early customers included Atari, Apple, Applied Materials as well as FMC.

He was an avid San Francisco 49ers fan and in his spare time he enjoyed making knives, fishing, hunting and listening to country music. Gary is survived by his wife Rachel and their four children: Tony Siress of Mountain View; Paula Siress, of Campbell; David Siress, of Mountain View; and Jena Siress-McCelleis of San Jose. He also is survived by four grandsons and two great-granddaughters.

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