Carolyn Tjersland Layton

Born in Wilmington, DE on July 26, 1930.

Carolyn T. Layton, age 78, a Wilmington, Delaware native and longtime Wilmington resident, died on August 4, 2008 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland following a courageous battle with a sepsis infection. Carolyn was born in Wilmington on July 26, 1930, to the late Yngvar Tjersland and Elizabeth Lee Sentz. She attended PS DuPont High School and was married for 20 years to the late Dr. Curtis H. Layton of Wilmington. She is survived by her daughter and her husband Nancy and Andrew Caffey of Chevy Chase, Maryland; her daughter and her husband Lisa and Samuel McKeeman of Camden, Maine; her brother and his wife Dr. Charles and Gloria Tjersland of Lewis, Delaware, and four grandchildren. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her older brother Yngvar (“Terry”) Tjersland in March 2008. Carolyn was a tireless volunteer for school and civic organizations throughout her life. She played a key volunteer role in the Wilmington Flower Markets in the 1960s and 1970s, and was a moving force in several downtown beautification projects through her gardening clubs. In addition to gardening, Carolyn loved sewing and needlepoint, producing children’s clothes and works of needlepoint art now treasured by her family. In July 2001, Carolyn moved to the Kensington Park Retirement Community in Kensington, Maryland to be close to her family, where she was an active participant in a variety of activities and clubs. Carolyn was an ardent student of astronomy; she loved ‘surfing the web’ on her computer, reading several online newspapers every day, and staying in touch with her family and friends by email, Skype video calls, and instant messaging chats. Notably, her enthusiastic use of computers drew the attention of the local and national press in 2003 exploring the use of computers by senior citizens; she was featured on the pages of the Washington Post, and made an appearance on NBC’s TODAY Show. Her grandchildren affectionately dubbed Carolyn their “Cyber Grandmom.” Plans for a memorial service will be announced by the family at www.carolyn-layton.last-memories.com

Passed away on August 4, 2008.