Pallbearers will be Marion Boyd, Blake Kimmel and Spencer Kimmel.Īrrangements by SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 310 W. Saturday (1-21-23) at the New Wilmington Alliance Church, in New Wilmington, located next to the funeral home.įuneral service: 11 a.m. Memorials or donations may be made to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Visitation: 10:30 to 11 a.m. He is preceded in death by his wife Barbara in 2021 son, John Keith in 1963 and his parents, John in 1964 and Mildred in 2002. an aunt, Audrey Vete, Pittsburgh and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Spencer Kimmel, Neshannock and Marion Boyd, Brentwood, Calif. John is survived by his daughters, Susan Kimmel, Neshannock and Sandy Boyd (Tim Boyd), Newtown Square grandchildren, Blake Kimmel, Washington, D.C. He loved all Pittsburgh sports teams, most notably the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pitt Panther football teams, which were his favorites. He enjoyed poker, following the stock market and beating anyone he played in Boggle or cards. He also had a talent for gardening and at one time had a one-and-a-half acre vegetable garden, which he tended several hours a day in his spare time and supplied fresh produce to Milan's Restaurant and all his friends. John was a very talented watercolor artist and his landscape paintings can be found hanging in many stores, restaurants and offices around the area. They moved up to New Castle in 1963 after the death of their young son John Keith, where they built a home in Volant, which has been their home since 1972. In their early years of marriage, John and Barbara lived in Pittsburgh, then moved to Grafton, W.Va., to take over a sales territory. He then worked the remainder of his career with Dun and Bradstreet Corporation, where he retired in 1991 after 35 years. His first job out of college for two years in Pittsburgh was as a creative artist with a graphic arts company. He married Barbara (Langdon) in 1955 and had three children, John Keith, Susan, and Sandy. He attended Westminster College, where he majored in art and graduated in 1953. He was a star basketball player at Mercer High School. John attended Mercer High School and graduated in 1949. John lived his childhood on the South Side of Pittsburgh, and moved to Mercer as a teenager when his parents took over Perry Barbeque from his Uncle George and created Milan's Restaurant. He was born April 5, 1931, to John and Mildred (Vete) in Pittsburgh. 7, 2023, at The Haven Convalescent Home in New Castle. John Milan, 91, of Volant, passed away Jan.
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