Kate’s notes: Mrs. Gillelan and many members of her family are buried at the St. Elias Lutheran Church Cemetery in Emmitsburg, Maryland. A photo documentation of this cemetery may be found in the Gilliland Trails library archives.

from The Daily News
Frederick, Maryland
8 April, 1927

Mrs. Ida S. Gillelan

   Mrs. Ida S. Gillelan, of Emmitsburg, 75 years of age, died at her home in Emmitsburg Thursday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock after a lingering illness of complications. She was one of the oldest persons in the town, and was well known throughout that section of the county. She was the daughter of Samuel G. and Adeline Ohler and was born in Emmitsburg where she resided all her life. She is survived by one son, J. T. Gillelan, Baltimore, and three daughters, Misses Ruth Gillelan, Carrie Gillelan and Rhoda Gillelan. Four grand children also survive and the following brothers and sisters; E. F. Ohler, J. Rowe Ohler, Mrs. Martin E. C. Valentine, Harney; and Sister Flora Ohler, Lutheran Deaconess Home, Baltimore.
   Funeral will take place Saturday at 2 o’clock from the home with burial in the Lutheran cemetery. Rev. John T. Chase, a former pastor of the Presbyterian church at Emmitsburg, will officiate.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010