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The late Scott Crichton:CRICHTONPeacefully, after a short illness, at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy on Friday 7th Novembe...
14/11/2025

The late Scott Crichton:

CRICHTON

Peacefully, after a short illness, at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy on Friday 7th November 2025, Scott Crichton, aged 64 years of Kirkcaldy, formerly Zimbabwe.

Beloved son of the late Betty and the late George, loving brother to Elizabeth and the late George, dear brother-in-law to Graham, much loved uncle to Craig, Elana and Andrew, great uncle to Lexie, Ceilidh and friend to many others.

Funeral service will be held privately at the request of the family.

14/11/2025

Funeral notification concerning
The late Ann Bauld:

BAULD

Peacefully, on Wednesday 12th November 2025, at Perth Royal Infirmary, surrounded by her loving family, Ann Bauld (nee Sharp) aged 66 years, of Kinross, formerly of Ballingry.

Beloved wife of Willie, and much loved by Sharron and Debbie, a dearly loved sister, sister-in-law, auntie and very good friend to many; Ann will be fondly remembered as a loyal and dedicated employee with Todd & Duncan, Kinross Wool Mill for many years, and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Funeral service will take place at Dunfermline Crematorium, to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited; family flowers only please, however, donations if so desired will be gratefully received on leaving the crematorium in aid of Ward 5, Perth Royal Infirmary.
Date and time to follow.

14/11/2025

Acknowledgement of thanks from the family of the late John Kellichan.

KELLICHAN

Elizabeth would like to express heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and neighbours, for their kind expression of sympathy, cards, flowers, received following the recent sad loss of her beloved dad John.

Sincere thanks to Angela, John, Paul, and Kirsty for their professional, guidance and support throughout, grateful thanks to Craig Adamson who delivered such a personal and special eulogy, thanks to GillyTree Studio for the lovely flowers provided.

Specials thanks to Yvonne Millar for forever being my rock, to Dawn Templeman for her amazing catering it is very much appreciated.

Finally, a special thanks to everyone who came to Kirkcaldy Crematorium to pay their final respects to John and for the very generous donations of £200 going towards District Nurses from Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath.

14/11/2025

Acknowledgment of thanks from the family of the late Barry McTague.

MCTAGUE

The family of the late Barry would like express their heartfelt thanks to all family and friends who gathered to celebrate the life of Barry . The turnout on the day showed how much he was loved , the family really appreciated all the lovely stories and felt so comforted to hear just how much Barry touched the lives of so many with his kind and funny personality .

Thanks for all the cards , messages and flowers received , the overwhelming support given will stay with us forever .

To all the amazing staff at John Gilfillan Funeral Directors thank you for your compassion and kindness, so genuine and caring . A special thanks for Angela for our little surprise by the outstanding Piper Dean.

The staff at the Ship Inn couldn’t do enough for us on the day and the catering by Jane was amazing - Thankyou so much.

Finally a thank you to Father Simon for a beautiful Mass , which brought comfort to us at such a sad time.

Barry will be forever loved and missed by his loving family and friends 💚

13/11/2025

Acknowledgement of thanks - Sadie Whyte

The family of the late Sadie Whyte would like to express heartfelt
thanks to all relatives, friends and neighbours for the kind
expressions of sympathy, cards and flowers received following the
recent sad loss of Sadie.

Sincere thanks go to Angela and all at John Gilfillan Funeral
Directors for their professional guidance and support throughout.
Grateful thanks also to Jayne Johnson for delivering a very personal
and special eulogy, which was very much appreciated. Thanks also
go to GillyTree Studio for the beautiful flowers.

Special thanks to the staff of Lochgelly Golf Club for the lovely
buffet and for their excellent hospitality.

The family would like to thank the staff of Ward 5 in Ninewells
Hospital for the care and attention they showed to Sadie in her final days.

Finally, a special thanks goes to everyone who came to Dunfermline
Crematorium to pay their final respects to Sadie and for the
generous donations of £220 to the PDSA. This was a great comfort to the
family.

13/11/2025

Acknowledgment of thanks from the family of the late Jane Ramsay.

Most grateful to Angela, Paul, Darren and Kirsty at John Gilfillan Funeral Directors for their professionalism, kindness, care and support throughout. Special thanks to Jayne for her heartfelt and comforting service.

Thank you also to the team at the Pitbauchlie House Hotel for their excellent hospitality.

Finally, a special thanks to everyone who came to Dunfermline Crematorium to pay their final respects to Jane, this was a great comfort and much thanks also to everyone for the very generous donations totalling £220.00 going to Haematology Ward at the Victoria Hospital.

Diane and family would like to express a heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends for all the love, support, flowers and cards received following the extremely sad passing of Jane.

Thank you

11/11/2025

Acknowledgement of thanks from the family of the late Kenneth Kinloch “Ken”

The family would like to express heartfelt thanks to all relatives, and friends, work colleagues and neighbours, for their kind expression of sympathy, cards, flowers, received following the recent sad loss of Ken.

Sincere thanks to John, Paul, Angela, Kirsty and Darren for their professional, guidance and support throughout, grateful thanks to Craig Adamson who delivered such a personal and special service, thanks to Gillytree Studios for the lovely flowers provided.
Specials thanks to Daniel Stennett the Piper, Joolz Taxis and Hill of Beath Club for their excellent hospitality.

A huge thank you to the Doctors and Nurses in Ward 23, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

Finally, a special thanks to everyone who came to Dunfermline Crematorium to pay their final respects to Ken and for the very generous donations, going towards Ward 23, this was of great comfort to the family.

Funeral details concerning the late Graham Neilson:NEILSONPeacefully, in the presence of his loving family on Sunday, 2n...
03/11/2025

Funeral details concerning the late Graham Neilson:

NEILSON

Peacefully, in the presence of his loving family on Sunday, 2nd November 2025 at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Graham Neilson, aged 80 years of Lochgelly.

Beloved husband of the late Moira, loving dad to Derek and Fiona, dear father-in-law to Stuart and Cheryl, doting grandad to Abbie, Robbie, Billie and Jaime, much loved brother, uncle, cousin and great friend to many more.

Funeral service will take place at Kirkcaldy Crematorium on Thursday 20th November at 1.30pm, to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited, family flowers only please however donations if so desired will be gratefully received on leaving the crematorium.

31/10/2025

Acknowledgment of thanks from the family of the late Helen Guild.

GUILD

The family of the late Helen Guild would like to express their heartfelt thanks to all family and friends who gathered to celebrate the life of Helen at both her service at Beath Cemetery and afterwards at Hill of Beath Club. We will forever appreciate all the kind words, cards, Facebook comments, flowers and phone calls we received. To us it shows just how many lives she touched and how many will remember her compassion, kindness, sense of humour and her huge heart which has brought us so much comfort during this extremely difficult and sad time.

A huge thank you to Jayne Johnson who delivered the eulogy with such care and empathy after having to step in at the last minute due to illness and to the staff at Hill of Beath club for their excellent hospitality.

Thanks also to Andrina and Melanie from Silk Flowers, Cowdenbeath for their genuine kindness and compassion for Helen's passing and the beautiful flowers they provided for the funeral including their own personal bouquets.

Also special thanks to Angela and everyone at John Gilfillan Funeral Directors for their help, guidance and support and ensuring Helen received the most professional and caring send off.

As per Helen’s wishes, the collection for the Heart and Lung Centre at the NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital raised an incredible £800 which she would have been blown away by and we are eternally grateful for your generosity.

'Goodbyes are not forever,
goodbyes are not the end,
They simply mean we'll miss you,
until we meet again''

30/10/2025

Funeral details concerning the late Helen Kerr:

KERR

Peacefully, at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, on Wednesday 29th October 2025, Helen Kerr nee Penman, aged 94 years of Lochore.

Beloved wife of the late Andrew, loving mum to Elaine, the late Janette and the late Christine, dear mother-in-law to Kevin, Allan and the late Malcolm, doting gran to Claire and Darren, great gran to Connor and Cameron, much loved sister, auntie, cousin and a great friend to many more.

You will be sadly missed Helen.

Funeral service will take place at Kirkcaldy Crematorium on Thursday 13th November at 11.45am, to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited, family flowers only please however donations if so desired will be gratefully received on leaving the crematorium in aid of CHAS.

29/10/2025

Funeral details concerning the late John Hood:

HOOD

Peacefully, after a long illness, at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, on Tuesday 21st October 2025, John ‘Chief’ Hood, aged 55 years of Cowdenbeath.

Beloved partner of the late Liz, loving dad to William, Yasmin and Jodie, much loved di, cherished son of Shirley and the late Andrew, dear brother of Edward and Susan, loving uncle, a best friend to Andy and good friend to many others.

Funeral service will take place at Dunfermline Crematorium, on Tuesday 11th November at 2pm, to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited, family flowers only please.

The family have requested, that in Chiefs memory, those attending to wear a touch of red, if possible.

Funeral details concerning the Sadie Whyte:WHYTEPeacefully in the presence of her loving family on Friday 24th October a...
29/10/2025

Funeral details concerning the Sadie Whyte:

WHYTE

Peacefully in the presence of her loving family on Friday 24th October at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Sadie Whyte, nee McCormack, aged 86 years of Lochgelly.

Beloved wife of the late Jack, loving mum to James and Wendy, dear mother-in-law to Kim and Derek, much loved gran to Stuart and Scott, loving sister, auntie, cousin and great friend to many many.

Funeral service will take place at Dunfermline Crematorium, on Tuesday 11th November at 11:30am, to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited; family flowers only please, however, donations if so desired, can be made on leaving the crematorium in aid of PDSA.

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