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Dr Gilliatt, Long Time Coalinga Physician, Dies

COALINGA -- Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM tomorrow in the First Baptist Church for Dr. William Henry Gilliatt, 59, of 311 Madison Street, who died Friday in a Fresno hospital.

He was born in Boston, where he completed medical school, and then moved to Fresno 32 years ago, where he served a one year internship in the Fresno County General Hospital before starting his practice in Coalinga. He had been active here ever since until his recent illness.

He was a member of the Fresno County Medical Association, a director of the Coalinga District Hospital, and a deacon of the First Baptist Church.⁴

Funeral Services Held For Chester L. Gilliatt

NUCLA -- Funeral services for Chester L. (Doc) Gilliatt, 46, were held at 2 p.m. today in the Congregational Church here, with the Rev. James Bull officiating. Interment was in Nucla Cemetery, directed by Ormsbee Mortuary of Montrose.

Mr. Gilliatt died of a crushed skull about 3 a.m. Wednesday. Frank O. Sharp of Uravan is being held at Montrose in the case.

Born Nov. 26, 1909, at Summerville, Mass., Mr. Gilliatt spent his childhood there and waa graduated from Aurora College at Aurora, Ill. A resident of Nucla 13 years, he was a mechanic and operated a garage. He was a member of the Nucla Fire Department, treasurer of the Moose Club and a deacon of the Union Congregational Church here. He was a widower.

Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Creason and Mrs. Constance Petersen; three sons, Stanley, Robert Charles and Chester Gilliatt; two stepsons, Billy and Lonnie Wooten; four sisters in Massachusetts and two sisters and a brother in California.⁷

Uravan Man Questioned In Murder

Inquest Into Bludgeon Slaying Set Friday

NATURITA -- Frank Sharp, Uravan, was arrested Wednesday night as a suspect in the bludgeon slaying of C. L. (Doc) Gilliatt, Nucla service station operator, Wednesday.

Body of Gilliatt was found Wednesday morning at a point one mile south of Vancoram, government housing project near Naturita.

An inquest has been tentatively set for 10 a. m. Friday at Montrose.

Sheriff Arthur Sutton and Theodore L. Brooke, district attorney, questioned Mr. Sharp at the Naturita jail this morning and were expected to take him to Montrose County jail this afternoon.

Sheriff Sutton, Dr. G. G. Balderston, coroner, Ed Kretsman, Naturita marshal and deputy sheriff. and Clarence Walisky, deputy coroner at Nucla, were among the officers investigating the death Wednesday.

Gilliatt's head was bludgeoned by an object believed to have been either a miner's pick or a hammer, officers said. John Kreidler described the bludgeoning as "literally beating out the brains." No weapon has been found.

Sharp is a brother of Mrs. Emma Bell, who has accused her husband, Oliver Thomas (Tom) Bell, of slaying their infant son last September in a remote canon.

The body of Gilliatt is at the Ormsbee Mortuary at Montrose.

Jack Morrill and Tom Gilmore, truck drivers for M. V. Gilmore, Uravan trucker, discovered the body about eight feet from the old highway between Naturita and Paradox about 11 a.m. Wednesday. When they drove by the spot at 7 a m., they observed nothing different. When they went by at 9 a. m., they saw the blood on the road, and they returned at 11 a.m. to investigate.⁸

Man Found Murdered At Nucla

NUCLA -- C. L. (Doc) Gilliatt, about 45, proprietor of Doc's Service Station, was found bludgeoned to death at a point one mile south of Vancoram, government housing project near Naturita.

Jack Morrill and Tom Gilmore, truck drivers for M. V. Gilmore, Uravan trucker, discovered the body about eight feet from the road. When they passed the spot on old highway from Naturita to Paradox they saw nothing, but when they returned at 9 a. m. they saw blood on the road. They returned at 11 to investigate.

No weapon was found, but wounds indicated Gilliatt wa beaten about the head with a pointed object such as a miner's pick.

Ed Kretshman, marshal and deputy sheriff at Naturita, and Clarence Walisky, depute coroner at Naturita, were investigating a report Gilliatt's car had been found at Atkinson Mesa.

Survivors of Gilliatt include two sons, Chester, in California, Stab, airman third class in the Air Force at Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Tex., and two stepchildren, Billy and Lonnie Wootten, Montrose.⁹

GILLIETT-WOOTEN RITES

Nucla, June 20 -- Chester A. Gilliett, Nucla, and Mrs. Vesta Wooten, Montrose, were married June 8 at Montrose. They went to a Denver on a honeymoon trip and will make their home in Nucla, where the groom is in the service station business.⁵

GRAVES -- formerly of Somerville, Sept, 20, 1995 Alice G. (Gilliatt) Beloved wife of the late Richard Graves. Loving mother of Ethel Petriello of Somerville, Edith Leccacorvi of Cambridge, Charles Graves of Las Vegas, Janis Hassett of North Reading, Donna Goode of Roslindale. Grandmother of 16. Great-grandmother of 18 and one great-great-grandson. Sister of Myrtle Gould and Ruth Stewart both of CA. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday September 25 at 10 o'clock in the Berglund Williams Wilson Fudge Funeral Home, 292 Mass Ave., Arlington Calling hours 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Burlington.⁴

GOULD, MYRTLE T. -- Services for Myrtle T. Gould, 91, of Coalinga will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Coalinga. Ms. Gould, a homemaker, died Dec. 27. Arrangements are by Palm Memorial Coalinga Chapel.⁹