James Edward "Jim" Gill, Jr.
September 17, 1948 ~ March 19, 2021
James “Jim” Edward Gill, Jr.,72of California, MD formerly from Boston, MA passed away on March 19, 2021 in Clinton, MD. He was born on September 17, 1948 in Boston, MA and was the son of the late Mary Corrine “Dolly Drennan Gill and James Edward Gill, Sr. Jim was the loving husband of Hilary June Gill, whom he married on June 2, 2012 in Trinity Church St Mary’s City, MD. Jim is survived by his children Jocelyn Gill Fitzgibbons of North Andover, MA, James M. Gill of North Andover, MA, Step children Stephanie Allers of California, MD, Travis Allers of Lexington Park, MD, 2 grandchildren and 1 step grandchild. Along with his siblings Roberta Ward (Thomas) of Woodbury, NJ and Michael Gill(Carol) of Wakefield, MA.
He graduated from Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston, MA in 1966. Jim graduated from Northereastern University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
He moved from Boston, MA to St. Mary’s County, MD in 1971.
Jim worked as a civilian employee of the navy from 1971 to 2009, for 38 years. Most recently he worked part time as a contractor for PAE Systems as a contractor from 2009 to February 2021 for 12 years.
Jim enjoyed gardening, traveling, reading, drinking fine wine and eating too many potato chips.
The family will receive friends on Friday, March 26, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 11:00 AM in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Lexington Park, MD with Father Marco Shad officiating. Interment will be for family only in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery St. Mary’s City, MD. Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Gill, Sean Gill, Thomas Ward, Thomas Gill, Jimmy Gill, and Travis Allers. Honorary pallbearers will be Roberta Ward, Carol Gill, Katie Garatolo, Jocelyn Gill-Fitzgibbons, Emily Ward, and Bridget Waggoner.
Contributions may be made to Father Edward J. Flanagan Boystown 1410 Crawford St boys Town, NE 68010 and Society of St. Vincent de Paul 66 progress Parkway Maryland Heights, MO 63043.
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My deepest condolences to Mike and the rest of Jim’s family. I’ve enjoyed working with Jim off and on over the years. I was also a former classmate of Mike (Tuft’s 1978).
My deepest condolences for your loss. Roy Campana – (friend of Mike)
Hilary, I’m sorry for your loss, you have my deepest sympathy and I’m praying for you and your family.
Jim and I worked together for several years at Pax River at the test range and on training ranges. In 1999, we attended the first Dale Carnegie course offered on the base together. I will never forget this story: On the first day of class we had an exercise to try to remember the names of as many classmates as possible (there were more than 20 in the class). As a memory aid, each student stood up, went to the front of the class, and did a “skit” of a mnemonic to help the other students remember his/her name. When it was Jim’s turn, he got up, stood there, acted like he was lifting weights, and asked us to think of working out in a gym to remember his first name – then he pooched his cheeks, bulged his eyes, and said to think of a fish for his last name – thus, “Gym Gills”. He had a great recall memory, as he remembered most of the names of his classmates.
My condolences to his family.
Jim and I worked together from 1971 when he got out of college until I retired in 2001. He was heart and soul of our engineering capability at RTPS. Many do no know that he designed and built a key interface between computers of the day and telemetry equipment which was used in the first 4 RTPS streams, also those bought by Bell-Boeing and others. What a great engineer and genuine person. I was so shocked and saddened to hear of his death. My sincere and deepest condolences to his family.
So very sad to hear the news. Jim and I go way back at PAX. He will certainly be missed. May the happy memories sustain the Gill family during this difficult time.
When I first came to Pax River (1975), Jim was my neighbor in the Bill Raley apartments. We have been friends and members of IHM all these years. We were deeply saddened when we heard that Jim had died. We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family.
Joce and Jimmy,
I wish this had been posted publicly before the service for your dad. He was a fine man and I would have liked to have been there to honor him and express my condolences to each of you in person He will be missed in this community as well as Andover, Mass. You both hold a special place in my heart and I trust God will bring comfort in your grief.