Lana Gail Hallman Gentile, 73 of Old Fort, Florida, passed away on February 12, 2019 at Mission Hospital-St. Joseph Campus in Asheville.

Mrs. Gentile was born in Chester, Pennsylvania to the late Oliver Hallman and Ester Killen Hallman.

She was a nurse for most of her life, and she will also be remembered as fine piano player. She played music with her husband professionally for 20 years in the Delaware are and in Western North Carolina. She was also the choir director at St. Joan of Arc in West Asheville.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by one brother, Donald Hallman.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Gentile; two sons. Kenneth Robert Gentile and wife Rebecca and Christopher Robin Gentile and wife Vanessa; one daughter, Michelle Denise Ballard and husband Alan; and three grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society in her name.