Jack C. McIlvain
June 18, 1933 ~ April 3, 2008
Jack C. McIlvain, 74, of 98 Beech Drive, Franklin, went to be with the Lord at 4:35 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Sugar Creek Station. Born June 18, 1933, in Gallitan, Tenn., he was the son of Albert Carl McIlvain and Virginia Elizabeth Ball. He was a 1951 graduate of Moundsville High School in West Virginia and received a degree in music in 1955 from West Liberty State. Mr. McIlvain was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was employed from 1968-92 as an industrial engineer at Franklin Steel. Mr. McIlvain was a member of First United Methodist Church in Franklin and was a life member of the Coin Club (Numismatist) in Stubenville, Ohio. He was a member of Franklin Elks Lodge 110, a silver member of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band, a member of Mostly Brass and a tour guide at DeBence Music Museum. Mr. McIlvain was also an active member of the YMCA and the Venango County Humane Society, and he was a member of Mensa. He enjoyed reading and mathematics and working in his yard. Mr. McIlvain married the former Janet Spencer on May 28, 1955, and she survives. Also surviving are four children, Jeffrey A. McIlvain and his wife, Dawn, of Ravenna, Ohio, Pamela M. Hoover and her husband, Todd, of Franklin, Kimberly Warwick and her husband, Ronald, of Chesapeake, Va., and Linda Hundertmark and her husband, Gary, of Franklin; 10 grandchildren; and three sisters, Elizabeth Jane Kelley and her husband, David, of Anderson, S.C., Carol Jean Whipkey and her husband, David, of Moundsville, W.Va.; and Virginia Susan Parker of Charleston, S.C. He was preceded in death by his parents. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Robert W. Gardinier Funeral Home in Franklin. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Susan Evans, a Visiting Nurses Association pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Franklin Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the VNA Hospice or the Venango County Humane Society. Condolences may be sent online at www.gardinierfuneralhome.com
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You are an amazing man and I thank you for raising such an amazing son. I am blessed to be a part of your family. Your spirit remains in everything we have and everything we love. We love you Dad and miss you dearly.
I had a lot of fun getting to know Jack as we played euphoniums in the Mostly Brass Band. He had a great sense of humor and was a fine musician. I was always kidding him about selling his euphonium to me when he no longer needed it. His reply as always was, “It will be buried with me!”
We had a lot of fun together. Sincerely, Merle Sheffer
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Our thoughts and prayers are with you all, and may the memories you have give you comfort and a special peace.
Cindy and David Coble