Joseph Michael Gaynor

Joseph M. Gaynor passed away unexpectedly on July 21, 2015. He was born with his twin Tom to Mary T. Dowling and Joseph F.N. Gaynor on March 4, 1938 in Wenatchee. Joe came from a family of railroaders. His grandfather Thomas Gaynor was a locomotive engineer on the Erie Lackawanna railroad, retiring after 56 years of service in 1937. Joes father was superintendent of electrification for Great Northern in Wenatchee until his death in 1964. Joe and his brother both followed in the family footsteps and joined the railroad as well. In 1960 Joe began his carrier with the Great Northern railway in Grand Forks as an apprentice. He later transferred to Interbay in Seattle and retired from Burlington Northern Santa Fe after 43 years of service in August of 2003.Prior to the railroad he served in the US Navy two years in active duty and three years in Navy Reserves.Joe was preceded in death by his wife Carol and his sister Mary T. (Mimi) Smith. He is survived by his twin brother Tom of Spokane and daughter Mary of Edmonds.Always generous and kind of heart, putting others before himself, he will be missed by many.