James Layng Martine 
M, #13705, b. Jul 14, 1918, d. Jun 27, 2006
Family | Jean Kinkead b. Oct 29, 1917, d. May 15, 2013 | |
Chronological Events | ||
| Birth* | Jul 14, 1918 | James Layng Martine was born on Jul 14, 1918 at Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States .1 |
| Marriage* | Sep 15, 1940 | He married Jean Kinkead on Sep 15, 1940 at Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.1 |
| Death* | Jun 27, 2006 | James Layng Martine died on Jun 27, 2006, at age 87 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.1 |
| Obituary | Jun 30, 2006 | OBITUARY: LAYNG MARTINE - A Greenwich resident for the past 45 years, the last 13 in Old Greenwich, Layng died peacefully on Tuesday, June 27 at the age of 87. For the last 18 months he had been cared for by an extraordinary group of competent and gentle people at The Nathaniel Witherell. Born in Orange, New Jersey in 1918, he attended The Browning School in New York City, Newark Academy, and graduated from Columbia High School in South Orange, New Jersey where he met his future wife Jean Kinkead. He graduated from Princeton University in 1939. Layng was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War II serving in the South Pacific. After the war, he discovered the world of advertising joining Young & Rubicam, Inc. as a copy editor. He went on to become an account supervisor with accounts including Time/Life, Arrow Shirts, and The Travelers Insurance Companies. He was happy to have been the first non-illustrator elected to membership in the Society of Illustrators. He retired from Y&R as a vice president in 1970. Soon thereafter he started his own agency, Martine & Co. in Greenwich. During the next 20 years he became increasingly involved in the community serving on the boards of The Family Center, The Community Chest (later the United Way), Community Answers, The Putnam School (now The Putnam-Indian Field School), and The Mews. Layng loved his wife, his family, his house, gardening, nature, beauty, dogs, and of course the cocktail hour. His innate ability to find humor in everything, lives on in all who knew him. He is survived by Jean, his wife of 65 years, two daughters, Suzanne Martine of New York City and Anne Martine Cook of Greenwich; three sons and their wives Layng (Jr.) and Linda of Nashville, Tennessee, Eugene and Pamela of New Canaan, and John and Nanci of Northampton, Massachusetts; four grandsons, Layng Martine III of Peconic, New York, Tucker and Apple Martine of Seattle, and Mac Martine of San Francisco and Remy Cook of Greenwich. He is also survived by his cousin Jean Caruso of Wayne, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, and in celebration of Layng's life, the family hopes that friends will give to a cause dear to their hearts. Published online by GreenwichTime from Jun. 30 to Jul. 1, 2006.2 |
Military * | Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2. | |