Photo of Verna that appeared in the 1958 Tuscarora Valley High School Yearbook.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/5/16 - Image Year: 1958
VERNA MABEL BOOK is the daughter of the late Harold Holmes "Brother" and Madelon Elizabeth (Stitt) Book. She was born in 1940. She graduated from Tuscarora Valley High School in the Class of 1958 and the Geisinger Hospital School of Nursing in 1961.
Verna married William A. Gilliland and they currently [2014] reside on a farm in Turbett Township where they raise trotting horses.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/5/16 - Image Year: 1958
TVHS 1958 SENIOR CLASS: (Front Row)(l-r) Dorothy Wagner, Andrea Kepner, Carleen Benner, Ann Stake, Darlene Pennebaker, Verna Book, Judy Book, Stella Eaton, Doreen Brackbill, Jane Ann Gilson; (Back Row)(l-r) Wayne Taylor, Ron Gerhart, Tom Searer, Ernie Foltz, Jim Barton, Raymond Peterson, Bob Bardell, Tim Hockenberry, Jonathan Wert
Contributed by rkohler3 on 8/21/14 - Image Year: 1954
CLASS OF 1958 IN EIGHTH GRADE (1954): Front Row (l-r): Ann Stake, Dorothy Wagner, Carleen Benner, Stella Eaton, Jane Stimmel (teacher), Dorene Brackbill, Andrea Kepner, Darlene Pennebaker, Verna Book; Middle Row: Jane Ann Gilson, Jonathan Wert, James Barton, Harry Lauver, Ernest Foltz, Richard Henry, Judy Book, Joyce Renninger; Back Row: Thomas Hockenberry, Robert Bardell, Raymond Peterson, Ronald Gerhart, Thomas Searer, Wayne Taylor.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 8/21/14 - Image Year: 1968
CLASS of 1958 10 YEAR REUNION at Bratton's Restaurant in Mifflin: SEATED (l-r) Dorothy Wagner Swab, Jane Ann Gilson Foltz, Verna Book Gilliland, Dorothy Kephart (teacher), Darlene Pennebaker Gerhart, Stella Eaton, Andrea Kepner; STANDING: Ann Stake Nace, James Barton, Thomas Searer, Ernest Foltz, Ronald Gerhart, Robert Bardell, Dorene Brackbill Clark
Contributed by rkohler3 on 8/16/14 - Image Year: 2014
VERNA HONORED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN TURBETT GRANGE: At the Tuesday August 5, 2014 meeting of Turbett Grange No. 781 four individuals were honored with membership awards. Shown above are [seated] Harvey Fettig, 65-years, [standing l-r] Verna Gilliland 60-years and Fred Towsey 55-years. Absent from the photo is Harry Boyer 55-years. (Photo from Juniata Sentinel)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 10/4/15 - Image Year: 2015
SISTERS at PRHS-TVHS REUNION (Oct. 3, 2015): (l-r) Verna Book Gilliland and Joyce Book Eckard. (Photo submitted by Amelia Hartman McElwee)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 9/20/18 - Image Year: 2018
TVHS CLASS OF 1958 REUNION PICNIC - (Sep 2018) Front Row L-R: Tom Hockenberry, Judy Book Zettle, Verna Book Gilliland, Jane Ann Gilson Foltz, Andrea Kepner Aron , Ann Stake Goodling, Wayne Taylor; Back Row: Bob Bardell, Ernie Foltz (Photo submitted by Wayne Taylor)