Helen Elizabeth Gilleland (1994)

GILLELAND, JONES, NELLIS, HIRCOCK

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Date: 3/24/2006 at 21:58:45

Earlham Library Obituaries, Earlham, Iowa
September 1994

Helen Gilleland, Winterset

Helen E. Gilleland, 81, of Winterset, died Sept. 1, 1994 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Funeral services were Sept. 3, 1994 at Collins Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Epperson.

Burial was at the Worthington Cemetery in Madison County.

She was born June 22, 1913 in Earlham to Ward B. and Myrtle (Jones) Nellis. She married Cresslie K. Gilleland in Atlantic on April 4, 1931. She was a lifetime resident of Madison County and a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Winterset.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two brothers; one sister; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Surviving relatives include four sons, Marvin Gilleland and wife Virginia Lousie of Prairie City, Duane Gilleland and wife Carol of Winterset, Norman Gilleland and wife Helen of Sunnyside, Wash., and Larry Gilleland and wife Bonnie of Lacona; one daughter, Ruby Hircock of Winterset; two brothers, Ivan Nellis and Delbert Nellis of Des Moines; 17 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Lillard-Miller Scholarship Fund, Community Care Activity Fund, or the V.F.W. Auxiliary.

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