$1.3 MILLION GIFT SUPPORTED!

Local philanthropist Jane Gilleland giving a previllage value at approximately $1.3 million.This Gift can use for future students seeking degrees from West Liberty State College will have access to more scholarship assistance.

Gilleland Born in 1917 in Bellaire,she is spent the majority of her life in Wheeling. After a successful with highly career with Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co., Gilleland built a sizeable estate and felt it was necessary to give back to the community in which she grew up. Gilleland died Aug. 8, and her estate gift creates the Hazel Jane Gilleland Scholarship Fund.

The fundation will provide four-year scholarships to West Liberty State College for students from Belmont and Ohio counties. Recipients must also be from a “middle income” family who may otherwise not be eligible for any governmental assistance.

“Ms. Gilleland firmly believed that access to a higher education was the essential backbone to being able to succeed in today’s world,” said Matthew Cottle, vice president for institutional advancement. “We are grateful to her for the foresight she showed in planning for this gift.All of that more students from the Wheeling area will receive financial help because of her concerned.