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Layman, Layson, Pawlowski, Westphal, Tylinski, Kester, Kinne, Mrozinski
Edward Layman Sr.: (Michigan City News Dispatch 1/16/1985)
Edward J. Layman Sr., 78, Springfield Twp., Michigan City, died at 2:47 p.m. yesterday (Jan. 15, 1985) at St. Anthony Hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Ott Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens. The Revs. David Layson and Joseph Pawlowski will officiate. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and until the service Friday at the funeral chapel. Mr. Layman was born Oct. 7, 1906, in LaPorte County, the son of Ernest Layman and Anna Modjeska Layman, and was a resident of this area all of his life. He was a foreman for Pullman-Standard Co., retiring in 1971. On July 12, 1947, in Michigan City, he married Aleen Westphal, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Roszella Tylinski and Carol Kester, both of Michigan City; three sons, Irvin Layman, LaPorte, and David Layman and Edward Layman Jr., both of Michigan City; nine grandchildren; a brother Clement Layman, Rolling Prairie; and a sister, Cecelia Kinne, New Carlisle. A brother, Harold Layman, and a sister, Catherine Mrozinski, are deceased. Mr. Layman was a member of Springville Free Methodist Church, LaPorte County Farm Bureau and Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen Local. He was a former Springfield Twp. 4-H leader.