Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gilliland, Thelma M. (Short) May 17, 1981
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Lake Odessa Wave - May 20, 1981
          THELMA M GILLILAND
      LANSING - Thelma M. Gilliland, 79, of 941 Comfort St., Lansing, formerly of
Woodland, died May 17 at St. 
Lawrence Hospital in Lansing.
   She was born Oct. 16, 1901 in Woodland township, the daughter of Frank and Laura
(Tischer) Short.  She 
attended Tamarack and Lake Odessa schools.  She moved from Woodland to Lansing in
1919.  She was 
employed at Oldsmobile and Fisher Body for 39 1/2 years.  She retired in 1958.  She
attended the 
Presbyterian Church in Lansing.
   She married Kari Gilliland May 19, 1953.  He preceded her in death in April 26,
1960.
   She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ruth Tasker of Lake Odessa; one brother,
Terrence Short of Lansing; a 
niece, Mrs. Von Geiger of Lake Odessa; four sister-in-laws, Mrs. Evelyn Short of
Lake Odessa, Mrs. Bertha 
Short of Newark, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Gardner of Forida, and Mrs. Doris Collier of
Kalamazoo; four brothers-
in-law, Wayne Gilliland of Ionia, Tom Gilliland of Freeport, George Gilliland of
Kalamazoo and Charles Gilliland 
of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; four great nephews, one great-niece and one
great-great-nephew.  One brother, 
Richard Short, died in 1975.
   Services will be held today at 1:30 p.m. in the Pickens-Koops Funeral Home in
Lake Odessa with the Rev. Bill 
Stevens officiating.  Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.


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