| 1. | Owen Alvin Layman was born on 14 Dec 1920 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 6 Mar 2005 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Notes:
Owen Alvin Layman, 84, of Cumberland, died on Sunday, March 6, 2005, at the WMHS Sacred Heart Campus Hospital. Born Dec. 14, 1920, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Alvin Layman and Edith (Hager) Layman. Mr. Layman was also preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Lewis Layman, and a sister, Phyllis Hager. Mr. Layman was a United States Army veteran during World War II. He was retired from the City of Cumberland Street Department and was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 245 and worked as a bartender there. A member of the Centre Street United Methodist Church, he became very active in his 70s in several church plays and served as an usher. He also participated in the annual Community Cross Walks held on Good Friday and carried the cross on a couple of occasions. Mr. Layman is survived by his wife, Rosemarie (Hager) Layman; his daughter, Reverend Bernadette Ross and husband Richard, Cumberland; a brother, Gary Layman and wife Jeannette, Cumberland; his grandchildren, Tana Ross Wolfe and husband David, Cumberland, and Wendy L. Miller and husband Craig, LaVale; and his great grandchildren, Olivia Wolfe, Nicholas Miller, and Jacob Miller. Friends will be received at the Adams Family Funeral Home, P.A., 404 Decatur St., Cumberland, on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be conducted at the Centre Street United Methodist Church on Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Lloyd McCanna officiating. Mr. Layman's family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Military honors will be accorded at the cemetery by the Combined Veterans Honor Guard. Interment will be at Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Dave Wolfe, Craig Miller, Scott Summers, Mike Thomas, Chris Zollner, and Steve Layman. Honorary pallbearer will be James Kaiser. The family requests that memorials be made in Mr. Layman's name to the Centre Street United Methodist Church, 217 Centre St., Cumberland, MD 21502 or the LaVale United Methodist Church, 565 National Highway, LaVale, MD 21502. Cumberland Times-News, Tuesday, March 8, 2005
He was buried on 9 Mar 2005 in Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Owen Alvin LAYMAN and Rosemarie HAGER were married on 24 Jul 1943 in Mt. Herman Methodist Church, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Family/Spouse: Rose Marie Hager. Rose (daughter of James F. Hager and Eva Zerbach) was born on 17 Feb 1923 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 16 Jan 2016 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1920 - 2005 (84 years)