Linda Koelker

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He was buried on 30 Sep 2002 in Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

Joseph + Elizabeth Ann Belfoure. Elizabeth was born on 9 Aug 1917; died on 21 Feb 1991 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was buried on 23 Feb 1991 in Sunset Memorial Park, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

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Joseph Henry Koelker Sr., 75, former resident, died yesteray at Frederick Memorial Hosital. A native of Cumberland, he was a son of the late Joseph H. and Agnes (Arnold) Koelker. His wife, Ada Marie (Layman) Koelker, died in 1961. A veteran of World War I, he was a former employe of the Cumberland Steel Company and of Celanese Fibers Company and was a member of the Catholic Church. Surviving are three sons: Joseph Koelker, Robert W. Koelker and Charles Koelker, all of this city; three daughters, Mrs. Harvey W. May, city; Mrs. Betty Lou Whitford, Hagerstown, and Miss Imogene'Koelker, Washington; four brothers John Koelker, Fort Ashby; Raymond Koelker, Cleveland, Ohio; William Koelker, Akron, Ohio, and Robert Koelker, San Diego, Calif; a sister, Mrs. Mary K. Thompson, city; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body is at the Silcox-Merritt Funeral Residence where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there Friday at 11 a.m. with Rev. John U. Lyness officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, May 6, 1970

He was buried on 8 May 1970 in Green Mount Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

Joseph + Ada Marie Layman. Ada (daughter of George Lewis Layman and Anna Louise Crowe) was born on 28 Jun 1894 in Allegany County, Marland; died on 15 Feb 1961 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ada M. Koelker, 66, of 214 Charles Street, wife of Joseph Henry Koelker, died today at Sacred Heart Hospital where she had been a patient one week. Born at Carlos, Md., she was a daughter of. the late George and Anna Louise (Crowe) Layman. Mrs. Koelker was a member of Navy Mothers. Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons, Joseph H. Koelker Jr., Robert W. Koelker, and Charles A. Koelker, all of this city; five daughters, Mrs. George B. McGlinchey, Cleveland; Mrs. Harvey W. May, Mrs. James R. VVhitford, both of here; Mrs. Richard Larkin, Washington, and Miss Sandra Koelker, at home; two brothers, Benjamin Layman, Syracuse, N. Y., and Lawrence Layman, Washington; four sisters, Mrs. Nellie Burns and Mrs. Anna Neat, both of here; Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Hagerstown, and Mrs. Fuller Davis, Frostburg, and 14 grandchildren. The body is at the Silcox Funeral Home where services will be conducted Friday at 11 a. m. by Rev. Louis L. Emerick, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church. Interment will be in Greenmount Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. The Cumberland Evening Times, February 15, 1961

She was buried on 18 Feb 1961 in Green Mount Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

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Carlos, MD., July 10 - George Layman, 64 years old, a well known citizen of Carlos, died at 5 o'clock this morning. He was employed by the Barton and Georges Creek Coal Company as carpenter for many years. He formerly lived in Frostburg. He was born in Garrett county, and has wide family connection in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order United Mechanics. Besides his wife the following children survive: William, Albie[sic], Lawrence and Misses Ada and Ruth Layman, at home; Owen Layman, of Carlos; Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Mrs. Russell Diehl, Robert Layman, George Layman, living in Cumberland; Geo. Layman and Ernest Layman, of Borden Shaft, and Miss Nellie and Annie Layman, of Cumberland. The following brothers and sisters of Mr. Layman survive: Mrs. Delia Meese, Rockford, Pa.; Norman and John Layman of Frostburg, Md.; William Layman, Davis, W.Va., Mrs. William Connor, Frostburg; Mrs. John Carey, Kearneysville, W. Va.; Mrs. Harriet McKenzie, Elkins, W.Va.; Mrs. Amanda Layman, Pickens, W.Va.; Mrs. Isaac Swauger, New Germany, Md. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 10, 1914

George married Anna Louise Crowe on 7 Nov 1873. Anna (daughter of Nelson Crowe and Mary Ann Winebrenner) was born on 8 Jul 1854 in Maryland; died on 28 Nov 1948 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FROSTBURG - A 94-year-old native of Porter Settlement, near Eckhart, and one of the Frostburg area's oldest citizens, Mrs. Annie Louise Layman will be guest of honor at a family party and reunion Wednesday, July 7, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Thelma Wilson, wife of Robert Wilson, Baltimore Pike. Mrs. Layman, daughter of the late Nelson Crowe and Mary Ann (Winebrenner) Crowe, Garrett county, is the widow of George Louis Layman, a farmer and carpenter who died at the family home in Carlos in 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Layman were married November 7, 1873, at the home of the bride, then residing with her parents on the Braddock Farm in Garrett county, near here. The ceremony was performed by the late Rev. Joseph Mason, a circuit riding minister of the Methodist Church. After their marriage, the young couple started farming on the Graham farm, in Grahamtown, residing in one of the small houses near Wrights Crossing and later in the residence now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Zack Arnold. During their married life, they resided in various localities in the Georges Creek region, Including the stone house on the Koontz farm, near Midland, Shaft and Carlos, moving to the latter place in 1894 and remaining there until after the death of Mr. Layman. Since that time, Mrs. Layman has been making her home with her children, residing at present with her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Davis, 15 Welsh Street, wife of Fuller Davis, governor of Frostburg Lodge, No 348, Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. and Mrs. Layman are the parents of 16 children, nine living and seven dead. The surviving children are Robert Layman, Detroit; Benjamin Layman, Syracuse, N. Y.; George Layman, Shaft; Mrs. Nellie Byrnes, Mrs. Annie Neat and Mrs. Ada Koelker, Cumberland; Mrs. Oma Wolfe, Hagerstown; Mrs. Ruth Davis, Frostburg, and Lawrence Layman, Alexandria, Va. The deceased children are Mrs. Elsie Diehl, wife of Russell Diehl, manager of the Frostburg office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, who died March 31, 1947, and Ernest Layman, president of the Shaft Water Company, who died March 25, 1948; Grace, John, Algie, William and Owen Layman. Mrs. Layman has 47 living grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. The Cumberland Evening Times, June 23, 1948


She died on 28 Nov 1948 at the age of 94 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Mrs. Annie Louise Layman, 94, a native of Eckhart, near Frostburg, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fuller Davis, Frostburg, with whom she made her home. She was the daughter of the late Nelson Crowe and Mary Ann Winebrenner Crowe. Surviving are children, Mrs. Charles J. Wolfe, The Terrace, Hagerstown; Mrs. Nellie Byrnes, Mrs. Annie Neat, Mrs. Ada Koelker, Curmberland; Mrs. Davis, Frostburg; Robert Layman, Detroit; Benjamin Layman, Shaft, and Lawrence Layman, Alexandria, Va.; 47 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren; also three sisters, Mrs. Nan Weimer, Kingfisher, Okla.; Mrs. Mollie Hawkins, Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. Rella DeVore, Eckhart. She was one of the oldest residents of the Frostburg area, and was married November 7, 1873, at the home of her parents on the Braddock Farm, in Garrett county, near here. The ceremony was performed by the late Joseph Mason, a circuit riding minister of the Methodist church. Mrs. Layman was a member of Shaft Methodist Church. Services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Methodist Church, Borden Shaft. Rev. Raymond Crowe, pastor, will officiate and interment will be in Allegany Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, November 29, 1948

LAYMAN Burial
FROSTBURG - Mrs. Annie Louise Layman, 94, who died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fuller Davis, 15 Welsh Street, was buried Wednesday in Allegany Cemetery. Services at Shaft Methodist Church were in charge of Rev. Raymond M. Crowe, pastor of Midland Methodist Church. Pallbearers, all grandchildren, were James and George Layman, Robert and Harvey Diehl, Carl Long and Junior Layman. Flower bearers include George Hawkins, George Tennant, George Thorp, Anderson Green, James Quinn and Chris Walbert. Cumberland Evening Times, December 3, 1948

Anna Louise CROWE and George Lewis LAYMAN were married on 7 Nov 1873.