Gillian Blair Cosgrove Scanlon - age 22 of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania died Saturday January 12, 2008 from injuries sustained due to a homicide in Miami, Florida. Born in Butler Pa. on April 24, 1985, she was the daughter of Paul and Judy Scanlon. 2003 Butler High School graduate.

Gillian Blair Cosgrove Scanlon, 22, of West Sunbury died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, from injuries sustained because of a homicide in Miami, Fla.

Born in Butler April 24, 1985, she was the daughter of Paul and Judy Scanlon.

She attended the Montessori School in Butler and graduated from Butler High School in 2003. Following high school, Gillie attended Slippery Rock University and Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., where she studied religious philosophy.

A joy to be around and a brilliant artist, she loved her family and friends, music, concerts, reading, writing, poetry, art, pets and traveling.

Queen of lost souls, she opened her heart unconditionally to anyone in need, be it a fellow human being or a stray dog. She was a free spirit who loved life and lived it to the fullest. She will be missed dearly by all whose paths crossed hers.

"This world is not conclusion

A sequel stands beyond,

Invisible, as music,

But positive, as sound ..."

Emily Dickinson

She is survived by her brother, Spencer Keasey Scanlon; her parents, Paul and Judy Scanlon; her maternal grandmother, Marian Nelson Tritsch of Butler; and her paternal grandfather, John W. Scanlon of Emmaus. Also surviving are aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. John M. (Susan) Scanlon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Scanlon (Bonnie Gadless), Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Pollock (Patti Scanlon), Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Janet) Scanlon, John Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Millerschoen (Virginia), Mr. and Mrs. George Bello (Elizabeth), Mr. and Mrs. Edward Neill (Patti), Mr. and Mrs. Greg Gallagher (Cheri) and numerous cousins.

<B>SCANLON </B>— Friends of Gillian Blair Cosgrove Scanlon, who died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Thomas Pierotti officiating.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Butler Public Library, 218 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001 or to the Butler County Humane Society, 1027 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.