Nancy Ann Layton

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 Olive (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 of 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. Service will be livestreamed at www.mcphersonfumc.com/worship. 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.

Nancy Ann Layton

October 18, 1941 - April 6, 2023