Ian M. Kilmer

Ian M. Kilmer
of Leicester, N.C.
Ian M. Kilmer, 72, of 113 Reeves Road, Leicester, N.C., died Sunday, August 24, 2008, in an Asheville, N.C. hospital. Mr. Kilmer was a native of Binghamton, N.Y., and was a son of the late Juanita and Roger Kilmer. He graduated from Broome Technical School and Elmira College and he was an Army veteran. He retired after 35 years with IBM as a program analyst in Owego, N.Y. and more recently worked as sales manager for the Laubeck Corporation in New York and Pennsylvania. He moved to the Asheville area in 2003. In Asheville he was a member of the Parish of St. Eugene Catholic Church and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a civic volunteer and served as a trustee for the Brick Church in Leicester and for the Leicester Community Center. He also worked as a volunteer builder with Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Kilmer had been an athlete all his life, from high school, through college, and even winning medals on the state level at the Senior Olympics. He is survived by his wife, Gale O. Kilmer; one daughter, Kelly K. Harding; three sons, Randy Kilmer, Kevin Kilmer, and Barry Kilmer; one stepdaughter, Holly Gale Millette; and one stepson, Christopher George Millette. He was preceded in death by his twin sister, Ionna Kilmer, who died in infancy; and by a brother, Gary Kilmer.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Fr. John Schneider at 3:00 p.m. Friday at the Parish of St. Eugene Catholic Church in Asheville. The family will receive friends at the church two hours prior to the Mass. Memorials may be made to the Brick Church Fund, c/o Peggy Bennett, PO Box 53, Leicester, N.C. 28748. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue, Asheville, is assisting with the arrangements.