Biography

04/07/1906 - 06/26/1983

FILIP, Leo A., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., April 7, 1906; attended, Wilkes-Barre Business College Night School; semi-profession basketball player, Old Penn State League; employed, Lance Colliery, Glen Alden Co.; auditor, District No. 1, United Mine Workers; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1951 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1953 term; clerk, Prothonotary's office, Luzerne County; died, June 26, 1983 in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Mary's Church Cemetery, Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.