Nancy Ann Layton, age 81, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away peacefully
at her home in McPherson, Kansas at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Mrs. Layton was born Nancy Ann Modlin on October 18, 1941, in Beloit,
Kansas. She was the only child of George Henry and Grace Oliver (Alcorn)
Modlin.
Nancy grew up in Randall, Kansas, where she went to
school through the 6th grade. Her father’s employment took the family to
Wichita, Kansas, for one year and Jamestown, Kansas, for one year where
Nancy attended schools until the family returned to Randall in 1955. She
graduated from Randall Rural High School in 1959.
After
attending Fort Hays State College for one year, Nancy enrolled at
Personnel Training Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon graduating, she
moved to Chicago, Illinois where she was employed by United Airlines.
She was engaged to Dennis Layton in 1960 and they were married in
Lynwood, California, on May 7, 1961. They would live in Whittier, Covina
and eventually Glendora, California, where they made their home and
raised their family.
Nancy resumed her working career outside
the home in 1972 with Foothill Medical Laboratory and then Dr. Jack
Bostwick, both in Glendora, CA, until 1979. She then had the opportunity
for employment with the CPA firm of Campbell, Graves and Associates
Inc., also in Glendora, where she worked until 1992. Nancy ended her
working career with the firm of Gill & Knowles Accountancy Corp. in
Upland, CA, where she was office manager, retiring in 1994.
After retirement, she and her husband Dennis returned to Kansas and
lived in Concordia until 2002 before moving to Hillsboro, Kansas. Then
in 2006 they moved to McPherson, where Nancy called home until her
death.
Nancy was baptized into the Methodist faith as an
infant. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in
McPherson. She was a former member of SASNAK Study Club, Concordia, KS.
She was initiated into Concordia P.E.O. Chapter EV in December 1999. She
demitted to Chapter DB in Marion, KS in September 2001. Upon her move
to McPherson, she demitted to Chapter AY in 2007. Nancy was a member of
McPherson Hospital Volunteer Services for many years and truly enjoyed
giving of her time to help others. She was also a former member of the
Ladies Auxiliary if the Alhambra Fire Department, Alhambra, CA.
Nancy was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great
grandmother and a dear friend to many. Nancy made friends easily. Her
smile and her quick wit will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was very proud of her children and their accomplishments. And she
was especially proud of her grandchildren and what they have
accomplished in their young lives.
Nancy loved all kinds of
music, especially rock and roll in her younger days. She liked classical
music and even grudgingly learned to like country western in her later
years. She was an avid reader and she loved to work in her flower
garden. She also loved to walk and would do so daily until she was no
longer able to due to her health. She loved to travel and see new
places.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Stacey Lynne Cordell and a grandson Russell Gregory Layton.
Nancy is survived by her husband of over 61 years, Dennis of McPherson,
Kansas; her son, Greg and wife Loretta of Glendora, CA; four
grandchildren, Kyle Layton of Concord, CA, Luke Layton and wife Taylor
of Glendora, CA, Tyler Cordell and wife Caitlyn of Manhattan, KS and
Kailey Cordell of Kansas City, MO; two great grandchildren, Isla
Cordell, Manhattan, KS and Amelia Layton, Glendora, CA.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, April 14, 2023, at
Glidden-Ediger-Wiggins Chapel, McPherson, KS. Funeral will be 10:30
a.m., Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the First United Methodist Church in
McPherson with Reverend Emily Spearman Cannon officiating. Burial will
follow at McPherson Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made in memory of Nancy to the Alzheimer’s Association or the
American Cancer Society in care of Glidden-Ediger-Wiggins Funeral Home,
222 W. Euclid St., McPherson, KS 67460.