Elizabeth "Lee" Layman Obituary (1923 - 2017)

Elizabeth "Lee" LAYMAN (nee Clark) Was born in Seattle on April 17, 1923 to her sea captain father Hiram Blanchard Clark and mother Mary Sullivan Clark. Growing up in Madison Park, Lee graduated from Holy Names Academy and Seattle University with a degree as a Laboratory Technician. She married the love of her life, James Denver Layman, Jr. in St. Louis in 1943 where Jim attended medical school. Returning to Seattle the couple took up residence on Capitol Hill where they were blessed with four children: Patrick (Cheryl), Sean, Sarah (Ted Burns), and Daniel (Staci). Lee was an active mother in her children's schools, and helped start the "Pink Ladies" at Providence Hospital which was initially made up of physician's wives to help make hospital stays more enjoyable for patients. It later grew into a major volunteer effort. She served on the area Land Use Review Board which attempted to monitor heights of buildings, parking, number of homes on lots and types of businesses needed in neighborhoods, primarily Capital Hill. After the children were out of school, Lee and Jim moved to a parcel of land on the old family homestead in Redmond where in 1875 Lee's great-grandfather Adam Tosh (MacIntosh) and his brother John took up claim to the land north of Lake Sammamish now known as Marymoor Park. A lifetime interest in animals culminated in Lee and Jim founding Cotswold Old English Sheepdog Kennels. Breeding and showing their Old English Sheepdogs throughout the US and Canada, they had over eighty champions to their kennel name. Both Lee and Jim were very active with the Seattle Kennel Club as well as with the national Old English Sheepdog Club of America. Preceded in death by her husband Jim in 2000, and her brother Ray Clark in 2010, Lee is survived by her grandchildren Nathan, Jacob (Lesley Houghton), Molly, Claire, Andrew (Kaycee), and Eleanor; Justin Speyer (Katherine), and her sisters Sister Ilene Clark and Virginia Clark Olson, as well as her great granddaughter, Coralin Speyer. She died February 28, 2017 at age 93. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Recitation of the Rosary will be held Monday, March 20th at 7:00 PM at Hoffner Fisher & Harvey Chapel 508 N 36th St, Seattle 98103 Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, March 21st at 1:00 PM at St. Joseph Catholic Church 732 18th Ave. E., Seattle Reception to Follow Interment on Wednesday, March 22nd at 9:30 AM at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery 205 NE 205th St, Shoreline In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to: Holy Names Academy: www.holynames-sea.org or SNJM, Sister of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary: http://www.snjmca.org/ Guestbook at harveyfuneral.com