Gill

John Anthony Gill was born Sept. 27, 1947, at the Pittsburgh Hospital (now Forbes Center for Rehabilitation). He died Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Ivy Park Acute Care Nursing Home in Pittsburgh while under the loving care of Affinity Care Hospice.

John was dearly loved by his father, the late J. Alfred Gill; his mother, Joan A. Gill, of Zelienople; his brother, Joseph A. Gill Jr., of Millvale; and his two sisters, Jennifer A. Gill, of Los Angeles, and Janet A. Gill, of West Sunbury.

In his youth, he enjoyed his summers at the family’s island home in Beaumaris, Ontario, Canada, where he learned to sail and to love being on the water. He graduated from high school in Guelph, Ontario, when he volunteered for the U.S. Coast Guard and served in Vietnam as well as stateside. He later attended the University of Denver and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

John was a lover of books and fine art and volunteered as a docent at the J. Paul Getty Museum while a resident of Los Angeles.

He was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside.

His remains were donated to CORE (Center for Organ Recovery and Education) and his brain was offered to Harvard Brain Research. Due to his recent stroke at the nursing home, his brain was excluded from Harvard.

GILL — John Anthony Gill, who died Tuesday, April 21, 2026, will be interred at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, where his family will have a private celebration of his life.

BOYLAN FUNERAL HOME, 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, has assisted with arrangements.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.

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