DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Shirley Freeman 785-233-3923 (Sister)
1. Full Name: Ruby L. Layland Age: 65 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: , February 20, 2003
4 Place of death: Topeka hospice house
5. Cause of death: Cancer
6. Date of birth: December 13, 1937 Place of birth: Valley Falls Kansas,
6.b. Parents: Charles Raymond Freeman Hazel LaVerne Nevins Freeman
6.c. Years in current city/town: Lifelong
7. Background: She grew up in Topeka and attended schools here. She was married to Alvin Bayless and
lived in CA for a time. They later divorced. She then married Kenneth Layland in 1966 ,they divorced and he
preceded her in death in 1999. She was a homemaker.
8. Relatives:
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
1 Daughter: Joan Layland of Michigan; 1 Sister: Shirley Freeman, Topeka, KS; 4 Brothers:
Richard Freeman, Charles Freeman, Robert E. Freeman and David Freeman all of Topeka, KS.
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00am, Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at
Newcomer Family Funeral Home.
10. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery Topeka, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Ruby Layland will lie in state at Newcomer Family Funeral Home where the
family will receive friends from 10 to 11 on Wed. .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: None
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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Director: Sue Brueggemann