Matthew David Layden

Matthew David Layden Matthew David Layden, age 32, died Saturday April 23, 2005 at Hamot Medical Center. He was born September 29. 1972 in Ere and is the beloved son of Kathleen Koch and Joseph Hoover. Matthew graduated from Mercyhurst Prep with a Baccalaureate Degree in Art, studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and attended Amsterdam’s Hogeskoll Voor de Kuntszen on a scholarship. He was a talented artist who had exhibited work in New York City, Portugal and Amsterdam. Matthew had also had several art shows in the Erie area and most recently donated his time to a project at the Erie Art Museum. Matthew was preceded in death by his father Paul J. Layden III; his maternal grandmother Doris Koch, and his paternal grandparents Paul and Virginia Layden. Besides his parents he is survived by his grandfather Frank Koch of Erie; an aunt Cynthia Koch and her husband Eliot Werner of Hyde Park, N.Y. and four uncles; Richard Layden and his wife Sheila, Gary Layden and his wife Brenda, William Layden and his wife Lori and Alex Layden, all of Erie. Friends are invited to call at the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th and Liberty St. Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday morning from 11:00 a.m. until 12 noon at which time Funeral Services will be held. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Erie Art Museum, 411 State St., Erie, PA 16501.