Obituary of Angie Lay

Angie May Lay, age 95, a resident of Grace Manor Nursing Home, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2007. She was born October 20, 1911 in Satanta, Kansas, to Violet Grace and William R. Berry. She attended school in Satanta and then moved with her family to Springdale, Arkansas. Angie was united in marriage to Roy Lay in 1939. They made their home in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Roy was Chief of Police. Due to a serious motorcycle accident with her husband, Angie lost her leg. This did not stop her from carrying out a full life full of activities. Angie was a member of the Modern Priscilla Bridge Club and the Order of the Eastern Star. Angie was an excellent seamstress. She fashioned her own wool suits and embellished them with mink and furs of all kinds. She enjoyed making garments for her several nieces. After the death of her husband Roy in 1973, Angie moved to Colorado to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Blanche and Wesley Davis. She joined the Burlington United Methodist Church and enjoyed going to the senior center. Angie is survived by two nephews, Norman R. Davis, Denver, Dean Davis and wife LoJuana, Castle Rock, four nieces Marie Simmons and husband Don, Phoenix, Arizona, Reba M. Holmes, Denver, Jean Weatherly and husband Duane, Arvada, Judy Andrews and husband Gary, Burlington, and many grand nieces and nephews. Angie was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the Love Funeral Home with Reverend Tom Peacock officiating. Interment followed at the Fairview Cemetery, Burlington, Colorado.