Hira Lal Raina's Obituary
Hira Lal Raina, son of Tita and Janki Prasad Raina and loving husband of Nalini Kilam Raina was born May 171944 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. After obtaining his engineering degree from Regional Engineering College in Srinagar, he worked for some time for the Jammu and Kashmir state as a Civil engineer before he left India in search of the American dream. In 1976, he arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and began working. Shortly thereafter, he attended San Jose State University to earn his Masters in Civil Engineering before obtaining his certification license for civil engineering from the State of California. He had an illustrious career in his field working as a qualified civil engineer for companies such as Bechtel, Quandrax, and the US Navy before finding his ever- lasting job at the City of Sunnyvale where he worked for decades before retiring.
When Hira Lal Raina left India, he left behind his brother Ashok Raina and his late wife Yogita along with their two children Reema and Rohit Raina. He brought his late parents, Tita and Janki Prasad Raina to live with him and his wife, Nalini Kilam Raina, in Fremont, California.
Hira Lal Raina passed away peacefully on June 24, 2022 at Washington Hospital in Fremont, California and is survived by his wife Nalini Kilam Raina, his two sons Vivek and Neil Raina along with their wives and children -Atasi Gantayat Raina with ten year old Dylan and 2 year old Sienna and Simi Rattan Raina with 5 year old Armaan and 2 year old Aseem. He is also survived by his sister Shakuntala and her husband Surinder Peerand their children Akshay and Nikhil with his wife Kamal who all also reside in Fremont, CA
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