Vincent Mark Ganilla

Vincent Mark Ganilla born May 24, 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona passed away on June 5, 2022 in San Carlos, Arizona. He was 64 years old. He was the son of Allen Ganilla, Sr. and Cyrilla Endfield Ganilla, and a member of the San Carlos Apache Nation and resided on the reservation. Before moving to San Carlos in 1973 at the age of 15 from Inglewood, California, he was in the marching band at Redondo Beach Union High School and played the clarinet. He graduated from Globe High School in 1976. He attended Mesa Community College and the University of Arizona where he studied forestry and conservation.

Vincent retired from the U.S. Forest Service after 20+ years of service. He respected nature, and especially enjoyed being outdoors. In his career with the U.S. Forest Service, he was a Crew Boss for the SWFF crews, and traveled throughout the U.S. for the B.I.A. Fire Program with the fire crews. He was a Forest Development Technician working in the forest - measuring trees and getting them ready for timber sales. He worked at the University of Arizona Tree Ring Lab in Tucson dating fire scars and their frequencies for the Forest History Project. He also worked for the forestry department on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State, and for the Mount Hood National Forest Service in Oregon, as well as the Tule River area in California. He also participated in special U.S. Forest Service research projects for the Mexican gray wolf, and the Mexican spotted owl.

He had a great intellect, and a passion for science, the unknown, and the possibility of other wordly phenomenon. As a Trekkie of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, he had enormous curiosity about the universe, so sleeping outside under the stars hoping to catch something in the night sky or sitting by a camp fire at night discussing Carlos Castaneda and shamanism, or one of his outdoor experiences while in the forest service, or telling one of his latest jokes, listening to music, and story telling were all some of his favorite past times.

Vincent is survived by his two sons Isaac (Amy) Ganilla, and Isaiah (Sarah) Ganilla, one grand-daughter Aniah Ganilla (parents Isaac/Amy); siblings Christine (Ben) Menasherov, Leon Ganilla, Allen Ganilla, Jr., Regina Sandberg, and many relatives here and afar. He was preceded in death by his father Allen Ganilla, Sr., mother Cyrilla Endfield Ganilla, brother Nathan Ganilla, and sisters Nadine Ganilla, Theresa  Stewart, and Veronica  Constantino.