DOVER - Marianne Skelton Gibbs Layton, a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the wife of controversial letter-to-the-editor writer L. Lee Layton Jr., died of cardiac failure Wednesday at home. She was 92. Mrs. Layton, of 200 N. State St., was a descendant of Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. She was a state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and also belonged to the Colonial Dames Society of America. An accomplished musician, she studied piano at a Philadelphia music school in her youth. She was a USO hostess during the war, and, for many years, played piano in nursing homes and "anywhere people asked her to," according to her daughter, Marianne Brinker of Wellesley, Mass. "She was a truly great lady, a wonderful woman ... she brought pleasure to so many people through her music," Brinker recalled. A native of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Layton lived in Altoona, Pa., and in Philadelphia before coming to Delaware. She was married in 1920. The Laytons lived in Georgetown for five years before settling in Dover. In 1973, she was awarded an appreciation medal by the Sons of the American Revolution. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Dover. In addition to her husband and daughter, she is survived by a son, Alfred W.G. of Hopewell, N.J.; another daughter, Penelope Rodney Henrickson of St. Paul, Ark.; and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, South State and Water streets. Burial will be private.
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, 03 Feb 1984
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Information provided by Contributor: MBNeckowi (48904718)
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, 03 Feb 1984
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Information provided by Contributor: MBNeckowi (48904718)
DOVER - Marianne Skelton Gibbs Layton, a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the wife of controversial letter-to-the-editor writer L. Lee Layton Jr., died of cardiac failure Wednesday at home. She was 92. Mrs. Layton, of 200 N. State St., was a descendant of Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. She was a state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and also belonged to the Colonial Dames Society of America. An accomplished musician, she studied piano at a Philadelphia music school in her youth. She was a USO hostess during the war, and, for many years, played piano in nursing homes and "anywhere people asked her to," according to her daughter, Marianne Brinker of Wellesley, Mass. "She was a truly great lady, a wonderful woman ... she brought pleasure to so many people through her music," Brinker recalled. A native of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Layton lived in Altoona, Pa., and in Philadelphia before coming to Delaware. She was married in 1920. The Laytons lived in Georgetown for five years before settling in Dover. In 1973, she was awarded an appreciation medal by the Sons of the American Revolution. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Dover. In addition to her husband and daughter, she is survived by a son, Alfred W.G. of Hopewell, N.J.; another daughter, Penelope Rodney Henrickson of St. Paul, Ark.; and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, South State and Water streets. Burial will be private.
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, 03 Feb 1984
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Information provided by Contributor: MBNeckowi (48904718)
The Morning News, Wilmington, Delaware, 03 Feb 1984
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Information provided by Contributor: MBNeckowi (48904718)
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