Rev. Dr. Gil Linsley 1928 ~ 2019

Rev. Dr. Gil Linsley was born in 1928 in Alhambra, California. He passed peacefully and aware into the next plane of existence on July 1, 2019 at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

During his lifetime he had a successful career as a jazz trumpet player, water ski school owner and instructor, and Science of Mind minister. He had a love of water skiing which developed upon his move to Lake Tahoe in 1960 to play trumpet in the house bands at the casinos. He did trick and slalom skiing until he stopped at age 86. He also had a love of sports cars, owning more than a dozen of them in his lifetime. He became a Religious Science Practitioner in 1960 and entered ministerial school at what is now Holmes Institute in 1974. He met current wife Gail in ministerial school and they had been together ever since. He graduated from ministerial school in 1976 and co-created Lake Tahoe Science of Mind with Gail that same year. He also started Chapel of the Pines, a wedding business, in 1977. Son Adam was born in 1980. Rev Dr. Gil began serving as co-minister at Unity Religious Science in Carson City in 1984.

He retired from pulpit ministry in 2013 and in 2016 he retired from trumpet playing and officiating weddings, and began living full time in an RV with wife Gail, touring the country.

He is survived by wife Gail Linsley, daughter Karen Linsley, son Adam Linsley, grandaughters Aiden and Madison, and numerous nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life is planned for Tuesday, July 16 at 2 PM at Center for Spiritual Living Reno, 4685 Lakeside Drive, Reno, Nevada.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rev. Gail Linsley, Fellowship of the Heart, 3495 Lakeside Drive, #1064, Reno, NV 89509