George Fillian (1927-2007)

FILLIAN, BUCKLEY, BUSCHELMAN, HOBBS, MENDEL, TIBBEN, POTTER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 9/1/2007 at 20:27:02

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, August 31, 2007.

George Fillian, 79, of Ames, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, at Grace United Methodist Church in Story City. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
George Fillian was born Sept. 29, 1927, in Haverhill, N.H., to William and Beatrice (Buckley) Fillian. He attended New York State Ranger School and served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corp and the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
He married Annette Buschelman Aug. 7, 1948. She preceded him in death July 9, 2005.
George worked as a ground crew manager for Eastern Airlines and retired in 1965. He was a claims representative for Social Security and retired in 1986.
George was a lifetime member of the following: New York State Ranger School Alumni Association, D.C. Society Sons of the American Revolution, Kiwanis International, Piscataqua Pioneers, Ray County Historical Society (M0), American Legion Post No. 20, NARFE and Eastern Airlines Retirees Association, and Grace United Methodist Church in Story City. He was a hospice volunteer and had served on many charitable boards, foundations and community clubs. The main emphasis of his life was the care of children and young people. He loved to travel and visit and enjoyed genealogy.
Survivors include two sons, Frank (Fran) Fillian, of Yuma, Ariz., and Lee (Debbie) Fillian, of Creston; and four daughters, Beatrice (Leon) Hobbs, of Claremont, N.H., Suzanne (Daryl) Mendel, of Ramona, Calif., Alice (Brian) Tibben, of Nevada, and Christina Potter, of Marshalltown.
His parents, wife and one great-grandson, Nathaniel Hobbs, preceded George in death.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Israel Family Hospice House in Ames or St. Labre Indian School in New Mexico.
Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

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