From the Lima News (Lima, Ohio) April 9, 1947 

CRASH IS FATAL
TO CELINA MAN 
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Clinton Gilliland, 66, Dies Tuesday in Van Wert Hospital
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Special To The Lima News
   VAN WERT, Apr. 9 -- Van Wert-co’s 1947 traffic toll reached five with the death of Clinton Gilliland, 66, of Celine, one of six persons injured in Monday night’s crash five miles south of this city on State Route No.118.
   Gilliland died late Tuesday at Van Wert-co hospital from a fractured skull and punctured right lung. The body was removed to the Dick & Stalter Funeral home at Celina. Funeral and burial arrangements have not been completed.
   The condition of Mrs. Ida Burnstrup, 75, of Rockford, who was riding with Gilliland, and Mrs. Donna Yocum, 29, of Payne, both of whom were injured critically, remain unchanged.
   The victim, a native of Highland-co, spent most of his life-time in Mendon and Rockford communities.
   He is survived by six children, Mrs. H. E. Agler and John Gilliland of Van Wert, Mrs. Dale Boroff of Mendon, Mrs. Clyde Wurster of Celina, Charles Gilliland of New Weston and Theodore Gilliland of Dayton, four sisters and a brother.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010