Daniel Linn Reilly, 74, of Mountain View, California, passed away peacefully July
27, 2022, at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View.
Dan was born January 12, 1948, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Robert J. and Lois
(McDonald) Reilly and was raised with seven siblings in Kansas and Colorado. He
graduated in 1966 from Regis High School, Denver, and attended the University of
Colorado, Boulder. He moved to San Francisco where he owned and operated
Pacific Auto Upholstery for many years. In 1997, he earned his B.S. degree in
computer science from San Francisco State University. He was a software
engineer and later a software engineering manager at Altera Corporation, which
was acquired by Intel.
His life was filled with a variety of interests. In high school, he was a Putt-Putt®
miniature golf pro and, along with his brother Craig, he competed in the Rocky
Mountain Professional Putters Association. As an adult, he enjoyed playing pool,
skiing, rock climbing, ballroom dancing, and piloting gliders. He loved all types of
music, British mysteries, books, and traveling.
Dan is survived by his brothers Craig and Tim, and sisters Marilyn Reilly, Peggy
Ondrak, Joanne Krieg, and Judy Waite. He was preceded in death by his parents
and brother Gary.
A celebration of Dan’s life will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 5 at Spangler
Mortuary, 799 Castro Street, Mountain View, California. He will be buried near his
parents at Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Memorials gifts may be directed to El Camino Health Foundation “Where the
Need is Greatest” in memory of Dan Reilly. Donate online at:
https://www.elcaminohealth.org/give-back/foundation or send a check to: El
Camino Health Foundation, 2500 Grant Road, PAR 116, Mountain View, CA 94040.