Kate’s Notes: In the News Archives of our library is an article on Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gilliland. “Couple Marks 25 Years with Firm”, from The Salina (KS) Journal, May, 1951.

From The Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas) 
November 8, 1965

MRS. CLYDE E. GILLILAND

   TOPEKA --  Mrs. Lena H. Gillland, 59, former Salinan, died Saturday at her home in Topeka.
   Born Aug. 8, 1906, in McPherson, she had lived in Abilene, Salina and Colby before moving to Topeka in 1941.
   She first worked for the United Telephone Co., in Kansas, then for the division traffic department of Southwestern Telephone Co., in Topeka. She was a member of First Methodist Church, Topeka.
    Survivors include the widower, Clyde E., of the home; two sons, Dean E., Escondido, Calif. and Donald E., Spring Valley, Calif.; four brothers M. D. Hansen, McPherson; Fred, Kingsman; Roy, Hutchinson; and Willard, Bakersfield, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Naomi Butler, Denver, Colo., and three grandchildren.
   The funeral will be at 9 am Tuesday at First Topeka Methodist Church, Topeka.
   Another service will be at 2:30 pm Tuesday at Ball and Son funeral home, McPherson. Burial will be in McPherson cemetery.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010