The Routt County Sentinel
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
4 January 1918

Essie May Gilleland

    Mrs. Essie May Gilleland, wife of James B. Gilleland, died Sunday, from pelvic peritonitis. She leaves, in addition to the bereaved husband and to the baby boy born Dec. 2, three other children, a daughter aged 2, and two sons, aged 6 and 8 years. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Ida Brightman, now in Denver. Deceased was a daughter of Zina Wannamaker, and was born at Golden, Colo., April 28, 1887. She was married to Mr. Gilleland October 18, 1905, and had been a resident of Routt county for about 15 years. The funeral, which was held from the Congregational church Tuesday afternoon, was very largely attended, deceased having been held in the highest regard by a large circle of loving friends. She was a good mother, a dutiful wife and a true friend. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the sorrowing husband and his four young children.

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The Steamboat Pilot
Steamboat Springs, Routt Co., Colorado
2 January, 1918

Essie M. Gilleland

    At her home in Steamboat Springs on December 30 Essie M. Gilliland, wife of James B. Gilleland, passed to the Great Beyond. Mrs. Gilleland was 30 years of age, having been born at Golden, Colo., April 28, 1887. She was the mother of three boys and one girl, the youngest a month old, and was married in 1905. She was a member of the Methodist church and was held in the highest esteem by her neighbors of Steamboat and of the Trull and Mystic neighborhoods, where the Gilleland ranch is located. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church by Rev. E. F. Wright, and interment was at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the Steamboat cemetery.

-transcriptions by Kate Maynard, 2011