Gary Eubanks

Gary Eubanks of Bloomington passed away peacefully with his loving daughter in his home on the morning of Thursday, December 17, 2020. Gary was born August 9th, 1942 in Danville, Illinois where he attended high school and excelled at wrestling. He achieved his master’s degree in chemical physics from Augustana College in Moline, Illinois where he was a member of the wrestling team and developed a passion for computers. Gary’s first encounter with computers came in the early 1960’s with the 6-ton Univac II in Ames, Iowa. He was on the forefront of computer development for 50 years and owned and maintained a Pr1me mainframe computer in his Bloomington home that he used to create software for businesses, institutions, and government organizations decades before PC’s were commonplace. As was usual with Gary, during this time he saw another growing need and decided to build and develop Storage Unlimited as the first self-storage facility in the Bloomington area in the 1970’s. In the 1990’s Gary continued to be on the forefront of computer programming and spent time rewriting COBOL software for the US Postal Service to prevent Y2K. Gary retired back to Bloomington in the early 2010’s after spending over a decade on the east coast working for banks during the development of online banking. Gary’s passions included coming home from the lab at 2 am and waking up his baby daughter to play. He always enjoyed attending her events and taking her places, then being a part of her family and businesses. He played as hard as he worked, enjoying his MG TD sports car, getting a pilot’s license and traveling for business and pleasure in his Cessna, and water skiing in his Wooden Dunphy Boat. Gary is survived by his daughter Chrisy (Dan) Gornall and his three grandsons Josh (Emily) Gornall, Jordan Gornall, and Jeremy Gornall and his first wife Diane Eubanks. He was preceded in death by his parents Jesse and Madelene Eubanks. Gary always loved his dogs, in lieu of flowers please donate to the Bloomington Animal Shelter. Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37 is handling the arrangements and online condolences, photos and memories may be shared with family and friends at www.allencares.com

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Gary Eubanks

August 9, 1942 - December 17, 2020