Mohinder Singh Gill Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mohinder Singh Gill survived by wife, Harbans Kaur Gill; son, Maheep Singh Gill; and daughter Roop Monica Kaur Gill; passed away December 26, 2018. My father left this life fighting to his last breath. The cancer beat him but he gave it all he had and then some. That is how he lived his life, with everything he had and then some. He came from a wealthy family, born in Multan, formerly part of the Punjab in India. At the age of 10 years, shortly after Indian Independence, his family was forced to move out of the area now taken over for Muslim Pakistan. It was a difficult passage and he never did find his "permanent home". He grew up in Punjab and went to school in Calcutta to study engineering before joining the Indian Air Force as a Power Systems Engineer. There he designed the back-up power system for radar so that it would only be down for 50 milliseconds. His technology was so advanced that he was not allowed to work in that field outside the government so when he left the Air Force with his wife (Obstetrician Gynecologist) and two children, he turned to the world of business. In England, this wasn't easy being a turbaned Sikh. He helped his wife build and grow her medical practices, and helped other relatives. He loved children and built a toy store. He always gave of himself all he could. His sense of adventure took him to the United States where he invested in bigger business and taught himself what he needed to know. His business sponsored green cards for his family and so we were brought here by his sheer will, hard work and determination. He continued to help people build lives in America, the land of the free and home of the brave. After retiring from his business in Maryland, he moved with his wife to Yuba City, CA, in 2016, to be near his extended family. He loved people and providing for them, from being the "mess officer" in the Air Force to giving free food at his businesses and cooking amazing rice plough and chicken curry for his family. He lived life full on at high speed – the faster the better – and would have pod raced if we had that on this planet. I will miss watching movies with him, and just being near him. Thank you for all you have given and done for us. We will always love you. Services will be held at 11 am, Sunday, January 6, 2019, at Ullrey Memorial Chapel in Yuba City.

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Mohinder Singh Gill

December 20, 1934 - December 26, 2018