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San Marino Tribune, San Marino, California, Thursday, June 8, 1944, Page 4, Col. 3: Noted Religious Leader Dies In South Pasadena. Death came Sunday at the age of 80 to Bertha Adell Layne, widow of M. E. Layne, religious leader and philanthropist at her home at 2035 Milan avenue in South Pasadena. Mrs. Layne was president of the Layne Foundation, a charitable institution providing help to the needy and also president of the board of Layne Memorial Church, Pasadena. Both institutions were created from bequests left by Mr. Layne.

Mrs. Layne founded recreation centers for servicemen, known as "Mother Layne Hospitality Centers, " in Arcadia and San Diego. She is survived by two sons, Ollyn A. Layne, Los Angeles, and Leslie A. Layne, Houston, Tex.

Prior to the time the time the late Frank Collins purchased the San Marino Tribune, he was associated with Mr. Layne in his great work and it was at the Layne's home in Alhambra that the noted evangelist, Raymond R. Ritchie of Houston, Tex., was healed of tuberculosis through prayer.

Birth	17 Dec 1863	Boscobel, Grant Co., Wisconsin
Residence	1870	Wisconsin
Residence	1880	Township 98 Range 55, Turner, Dakota Territory
Marriage	1886	Mahlon E. Layne
Residence	1910	Justice Precinct 1, Harris Co., Texas
Residence	1920	Los Angeles Assembly District 61, Los Angeles Co., California
Death	4 Jun 1944	South Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California
Burial		Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California

Spouse	Mahlon E. Layne (1865 - 1927)
Child	Leslie Albertus Layne (1888 - 1962)
Child	Ollyn Arthur Layne (1893 - 1974)

Father	Nathaniel Montgomery Bayse (1822 - 1892)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Lane Kirkpatrick (1822 - 1883)
Sibling	Arthur Adolphus Bayse (1845 - 1918)
Sibling	Edwin J Bayse (1847 - 1860)
Sibling	Leslie Montgomery Bayse (1853 - 1887)