Jim G. Gilleran

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Jim Gilleran, left his life suddenly and tragically April 15, 2010. Jim was born in Ellenville, New York, June 5, 1931, to his late parents, James Edward and Gertrude Marie Gilleran. He attended Bryant College and Columbia University, majoring in accounting and other business subjects. In July 1955, Jim took a position as visiting auditor for Standard Vacuum Oil Corporation in India and what is now Pakistan. In 1958, he returned to the United States and was employed by Philip Morris Inc. Philip Morris Inc. acquired Mission Viejo Company in 1971, and the officers of that company requested that Jim join the company, so he and the family moved to Mission Viejo, Calif. During his employment there, Jim rose in the ranks, and eventually became president and CEO of MVC, the position he occupied until his retirement in 1994. In 1996, the family then relocated to Las Vegas. Jim was devoted to his family and was also deeply interested in their genealogy and through that, met many members of his extended family, including relatives in both Ireland and Austria. He even took his beloved Mom back to Austria in 1992 so she could meet her relatives residing there for the first time. Instrumental in building Orangewood Home in California for abused and abandoned children, Jim felt their plight deeply and said it was a privilege to serve them in any way that he could. Jim was an avid traveler and visited over 150 countries Many things excited his curiosity history, foreign cultures and religions and wonderful interest in anyone he met. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, James Edward and Gertrude Marie Gilleran younger brother, William and son, James Edward Gilleran. He is survived by is wife, of 33 years, Carol children, Georgieann Bougher Dennis, James G. III, William Laurie, Gina Purdue Doug, Kerry Karina grandchildren, Gigi, Cassie, Cliff, Amanda, Reno, Keyan and David James plus his four beloved ShihTzus. Memorial service will be at noon Saturday, April 24, at Davis Funeral Home, 6200 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119. Another memorial service, with interment following, will be at noon Thursday, April 29, at Fantinekill Cemetery, Ellenville, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, Opportunity Village or Best Friends Animal Society, in Kanab, Utah.

Service

Funeral Service

Davis Memorial Chapel
6200 S. Eastern Ave.
Las Vegas, NV  89119
Saturday, April 24, 2010
12:00 P.M.

Cemetery

Fantinekill CemeteryHav
State Road
Ellenville, NY  12428