RICHARD ARTHUR GILMORE PASSED PEACEFULLY ON OCTOBER 12, 2016 IN CHULA VISTA WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS BY HIS SIDE. RICH BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE US NAVY IN 1965 SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING FROM HAMPDEN ACADEMY IN MAINE. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY IN SAN DIEGO AND HIRED ON WITH PACIFIC TELEPHONE IN 1969, AS A TELEPHONE INSTALLER/REPAIRMAN. IN 1977 HE RECEIVED HIS A.S. DEGREE FROM SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE. IN 1980, RICH WAS EMPLOYED BY NORTEL INC., ANOTHER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND WORKED THERE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN JUNE 2002. HE RETIRED 15 YEARS AGO AND SPENT HIS TIME READING LOUIS L’MOUR HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR AND WATCHING WESTERNS, FINDING AND SPLITTING WOOD AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS BUDDIES. RICH JOINED THE AMERICAN LEGION AND BECAME AN OFFICER IN 2013. RICH LOVED CATS AND DOGS OF ANY KIND. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER SIMEON GILMORE AND MOTHER RETA GILMORE, AND SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHERS BUTCH, JOHN, TOM, AND TIM, AND SISTERS JOANNE PELLETIER AND LINDA SUTTON, AND HIS WIFE SHERILYN GILMORE OF 44 YEARS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO SHARP HOSPICECARE, CHULA VISTA .
