Elizabeth (CREEK) LAYTON

CREEK, LAYTON, FRENCH, SEEVERS, SCHOCK, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/9/2009 at 08:57:03

The Iola DailyIola, Kansas
Friday Morning, June 7, 1907

MRS. LAYTON IS DEAD

End Came At Family Home Last Evening
Death was due to organic heart trouble
Survived by a Family of Seven Children
Widely Known and Esteemed.

Mrs. W. H. LAYTON died at the family home, 523 East Lincoln street, yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock. Death was due to organic heart trouble.

Mrs. LAYTON had been ill for several years and her death was not unexpected. She is survived by her husband, W. H. LAYTON and a family of seven children. A. M. LAYTON, a son, resides in Grand Junction, Colo.; G. T.[P] LAYTON, at Leota, Kan.; William LAYTON, at Eddyville, Neb.; Etta E. JOHNSON, Eddyville, Neb.; Lydia M. SEVERS (sic, should be SEEVERS), Iola: Mrs F. J. SCHOCK, Corning, Iowa; Mrs. Maggie E. FRENCH, Millerton Ia.

Funeral arrangements will be announced today. Mrs. LAYTON was known in a wide circle of friends and was held in high regard. She was 75 years of age and had been a resident of Iola for ten years.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009