Charles Alkire passes away

Judy Layne Alkire’s husband, Charles Alkire, has passed away. They live on Bunner’s Ridge.

Judy grew up in Frogtown, just south of Monongah off U.S. 19 before Swisher Hill. There were 12 children in the Layne family.

The Layne, Kubiet and Kasper families lived in 3 houses in a row in Frogtown.

Her sister, Doris, married the guy next door, Joe Kubiet, Jr. and they live in Monongah. And they grew up playing with Evelyn Kasper Boggess, who still lives in the Kasper home of her childhood with husband Otis Boggess, and Bob Kasper, who has homes in South Lyon and Presque Isle (Grand Lake), Michigan.

Judy’s siblings are Doris; Carol Layne Elliott of Mill Fall, married to Ronald Elliott; Shirley Layne Russell of Fairmont, married to Charles Russell; and JoAnne Layne Snider of Monongah, married to William Snider; and, all deceased, Bradley, Charles, David, Johnny and Robert Layne and Betty Layne Bowyer and Margaret Layne Faber.

Their parents were Charles and Mary Jackson Layne.