GILFILLAN, John Irwin, Jr., 79, of New Freedom, 
PA and formerly of West Alexander, PA, passed 
away Thursday, April 29, 2010 in the Gilchrist 
Hospice Care Center, Towson, MD.

He was born May 14, 1930, in Wheeling, WV, son 
of the late John Irwin Gilfillan, Sr. and Hannah 
Rieck Gilfillan.

Mr. Gilfillan was retired from the Social 
Security Administration and was a U.S. Army 
Korean War Veteran.  He was a member of the 
Palestine Lodge #189 AF & AM, and the West 
Alexander American Legion, and the West 
Alexander Presbyterian Church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in 
death by his wife, Ruth Ann Bullard Gilfillan, 
and a daughter, Rena Sue Gilfillan.

Surviving are four daughters,  Elizabeth 
Schlenoff and her husband, David of Parkton, MD, 
Jane Sorrels of Olathe, KS, and Pamela Hobbs and 
her husband, Edward of Hampstead, MD, and 
Johanna Tittel and her husband, Christian of 
Towson, MD; a sister, Rena Bonar of West 
Alexander, PA; 11 grandchildren; three great-
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a 
loving  companion, Nancy Theaker of Colerain, O.

Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. 
on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at the Kepner Funeral 
Home, 166 Kruger Street, Elm Grove, Wheeling.   
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 
May  6, 2010 at the West Alexander Presbyterian 
Church with the Reverend Keith Hornung and 
Reverend Lori Armstrong  officiating.   
Interment in West Alexander Cemetery, West 
Alexander, PA.

Memorial contributions may be made to West 
Alexander Presbyterian Church, P O Box 303, West 
Alexander, PA 15376.

Personal condolences may be offered to the 
family at www.kepnerfuneral.com.