Galean Simon
Sunrise: October 13, 1980 Sunset: December 5, 2018
Galean Ramon Simon was born October 13, 1980 in Lakeview Terrance, California to Karrol Janice Boyd and Ray Stanely Simon. His parents were overjoyed to have a little boy and his big sister, Monique enjoyed having a new baby brother even though she wanted a little sister. as a single parent, their mother worked long hours so the extended family became the village in raising her children.
As a small boy, Galean grew and bonded with his grandfather, Herbert Boyd Jr., because they lived in the same home. As a very small child Galean developed a passion for sports and loved watching sports of any kind with his uncles Herbert Jr on TV. at the ear;y age of five, Galean had a desire to to have a "job" and got to work! Even though he was not allowed, he would go to the gas station on his skateboard and pump people's gas for money. It is here where he learned the value of work ethic and entrepreneurship- he found a way and creates his own income stream.
In 1990 things changed for Monique and Galean when their mother became terminally ill with cancer. Before she died, she discussed the care of her children with her sister, Etta and her husband Darryl, requesting them to care for and raise her children as their own. They graciously agreed to love and raise them as their own and as a bonus there were blessed with the baby sister, Clara.
As Galean grew older, he and Darryl developed a close father-son bond. As a teenager, Galean had some challenges in school ad started goofing off in class, but always realized the importance of education. He enjoyed family gatherings with his cousins and was always the BIG protector of all his female cousins. His love for sports continued gravitating towards basketball and boxing, but also started to have some interest in music. Noticing Galean's interest in music, his aunt and uncle allowed him to have a music studio in their home, and began nurturing his passion for music into a career. With Galean's lively and magnetic personality, people were automatically drawn to him, so his aunt and uncle began adopting all of his friends into their ever-expanding family. At the age of 19, Galean graduated from Desert Winds High School, Lancaster in 1999.
Fresh out of high school Galean begin following his uncle Darryl's food steps and begin assisted him with cooking and catering jobs. While catering, he discovered club promoting and started to learn the promotion business within the club scene. In this platform, he had the opportunity to perform his music that he loved so much. Being a large man he found it had its perks as well and occasionally worked as a club bouncer.
Navigating between different career interest, Galean was never truly happy in California, so in his early 2000's he moved to Las Vegas his uncle Herbert and aunt Pam lived. He quickly found work in the club scene as a bouncer while still promoting, performing, and his passion in the music industry. Galean's life would still take another turn when he met the love of his life, Andrea Patterson, in July 2012. As their relationship grew he proposed on St. Patrick's Day 2014 and called his sisters and mother to announce he had fallen in love and would be marrying Andrea. He brought her home that Christmas 2014 along with her son, Damariyae, to meet the family. They were married on May 23rd 2015. As Galean and Andrea began to build a life together, his relationship with Damariyae also flourished into a father-son bond with plans to expand their little family with the new addition to the family.
Galean had recently joined the construction crew as a cement worker at the new Raiders Stadium and was looking forward to being a part of his monumental opportunity . unfortunately,,on December 05, 2018 Galean's life was senselessly taken during an altercation attempting to protect his family. We will always remember Galean R Simon as a loving husband, dedicated father, beloved brother, son and uncle. In our hearts he always by our Superman and always out Hero!
