TVHS CLASS of '57 at 60th REUNION at Bread of Life Restaurant, McAlisterville, PA 21 Oct 2017: (l-r) Betty Jean (Barton) Gilliland (Wife of class member Donald Gilliland), Donald Gilliland, Louann (Groninger) Lewis. (Photo taken by Bill McElwee)
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Donald G. “Duck” Gilliland, 83, of Mifflintown (Mexico), passed away at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital.
He was born in Reeds Gap, Juniata County, PA on June 21, 1940, and was the son of the late Paul Maxwell and Beulah (Leonard) Gilliland.
On May 9, 1971 he married his surviving wife Betty Jean (Barton) Gilliland.
He is also survived by a sister Judy Gilliland Fike, a sister-in-law Verna Gilliland, brothers-in-law Bobby Barton and wife, Linda and Barry Barton. Ex sister-in-law Kathy Barton, nieces Tammy Rex, Lisa Gilliland Harling, Lezlee Mummah, Lindsay Barton, Stephanie Maldonado and nephews Troy Fike, Lance Gilliland, Dennis Nace, Jr. and his beloved cat of seventeen years, Pumpkin. He was preceded in death by a brother, William A. “Bill” Gilliland.
Duck was a proud member of the Pennsylvania National Guard. He was a Ford Technician at Leister Ford, later becoming Mertz Ford McAlisterville, until his retirement.
Duck was a 1957 graduate of Tuscarora Valley High School in Port Royal, PA
Donald was a member and trustee of the Mexico United Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the Sandspring Gun Club. Duck was known for keeping his yard and cars meticulous. He was a life long avid sprint car fan. He enjoyed family gatherings and going to Indy with his brother, Bill.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge Street, Mifflintown. Interment will follow at Adams Cemetery, Mifflintown where full military burial honors will be accorded by the Juniata County Veterans Council.
A viewing will be held from 10:00 AM until the time of the funeral services at 11:00 AM on Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Mr. Gilliland’s memory may be made to Mexico United Presbyterian Church, William Penn Hwy., P.O. Box 36, Mexico, PA 17056.
Online condolences and tributes can be shared with the family at www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.
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Donald Gilliland in his 1957 Tuscarora Valley High School yearbook photo.
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TVHS CLASS of 1957 GRADUATION PICTURE: FRONT ROW (L - R): Donna Welshonse, Leon Harbst, Amelia Hartman, Ray Kohler, Janice McClure, Donald Gilliland, Louann Groninger; MIDDLE ROW: Bruce Hockenberry, Nancy McCahan, Glen "Skip" Kepner, Marianna Hartman, Jonathan Boyer, Audrey Bashore, Donald Fike; BACK ROW: Lena "Jackie" Goodman, Donna Boyer, Larue Strawser
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DONALD "DUCK" GILLILAND and BETTY JEAN (BARTON) GILLILAND at Port Royal and Tuscarora Valley High School Reunion at the Port Royal Community Building, October 6, 2018.
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Don Gilliland as he appeared during his senior year at Tuscarora Valley High School.
