OBIT: Marx Wineland LAYMAN, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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MARX WINELAND LAYMAN

  Marx Wineland Layman, aged 73, a well known businessman of Jennings, died in 
the Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Sept. 29, from a heart condition and 
complications after being a patient there for ten days.
  Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion Methodist Church on Wednesday 
afternoon, Oct. 1.  Rev. D. J. Combs, the pastor, officiated.  Mrs. Harry 
Yommer, Mrs. Harry Bender, and Mrs. Harry Hoover sang several selections.
  The pallbearers were his nephews - Lee Layman, Blaine Layman, Charles Durst, 
Lester White, Willard Layman and Walter Cutchall.  Interment in the church 
cemetery.
  Mr. Layman was born December 28, 1873, at Avilton, a son of the late Anthony 
and Elizabeth (Poleman) Layman.
  He located in Jennings in 1901 and was engaged in business there until a few 
weeks ago when he was taken ill with pneumonia, which resulted in his death.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rosa (Cunningham) Layman; a son, Herbert C. 
Layman, Grantsville; a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Butler) Lichty, residing near 
Frostburg; two brothers, Louis H. Layman, Shade Mills, and Albert A. Layman, 
Frostburg; also eight grandchildren.  Five brothers and four sisters preceded 
him in death.
  Among relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kerns, Elkins, 
W.Va.; Mrs. Wilbur Kerns and Floyd Harper, Kerns, W.Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Drew, Mrs. Martha Layman, Mr. and Mrs. Argil Layman, Cumberland; Mr. and Mrs. 
Walter Cutchall, Cresaptown; Mr. and Mrs. Gurnie Coleman, Frostburg.

Meyersdale Republican, October 2, 1947