Janet Freund Irelan

Janet Freund Marsh Irelan, 79, formerly of 60 Selwyn Road, died Friday, February 23, 2007, at Hospice Solace Center. Born in Woodbury Heights, NJ, she was a graduate of Ocean City high School and later moved to Newark, Delaware, where she raised her children and worked at Brookside Elementary School and Littman’s Jewelers until 1978. She and her late husband then moved to Asheville, NC to retire. Mrs. Irelan was daughter of the late Francis Charles and Margaret Dunsmore Freund. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leonard B. “L.B.” Irelan, who died in 1996; sister, Margaret; and brothers, John and Frank. Mrs. Irelan is survived by her daughters, Janet Lynn Marsh and son-in-law Ray Lewis, of Sidney, NY; Kimberly Kapp, of Wilmington, DE, and her children Dr. Stephanie Ciervo, Michael Ciervo and Samuel Kapp; and Jody Reagan and son-in-law Craig and their children Courtney, Kelsey, Travis and Mac Kenzie; sons Gary L. Marsh and wife Jerri, of Fresno, CA; his son Gary E. Marsh; and Leonard A. Marsh and wife Terry, and her two children Adrienne Gilbert and Andrew Herscher of Smyrna, DE; stepson, Jack Irelan, and his daughter, Abbigail; brother, James Freund and wife Diane, of Topton, NC and Floral City, FL; seven great-grandchildren, and a number of special nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. and at other times at the home of her daughter Jody Reagan, 10 Sun Up Lane, Candler. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain with the Rev. Dennis Thurman officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.