In memoriam: Gary Giordano was longtime engineer

HE DEAD.

This simple phrase is what Gary wanted his obituary to say, but there is so much more to his story.

Gary Anthony Giordano, 69, died March 25. After a wonderful and habitually productive day with his wife Susan, his heart tragically stopped.

He was born in New Orleans, La., on Dec. 13, 1956, to a proud Sicilian Orleanian family.

Dedicated to family, Gary adored living life with Susan; taught his daughters to be independent, strong, and ambitious women; was the goofiest Poppa G his grandchildren could have asked for; regularly visited and cared for his parents; and served as a dependable resource for his nieces and nephews.

Gary built deep, lifelong friendships filled with strong bonds, laughter and adventure. He loved gathering with those closest to him to share good jokes, music, food, drinks, vacations and (cheating at) card games.

Throughout his 40-plus years as an engineer for Texaco and Chevron, Gary beamed with excitement over his individual accomplishments along with his mentorship of and advocacy for his associates.

Gary and his boisterous voice and vivacious laugh will be missed by all who knew and loved him.