Edward Dalton Hays

Male 1918 - 2007  (89 years)


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  • Name Edward Dalton Hays 
    Born 6 Oct 1918  Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Dec 2007  Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried 22 Dec 2007  Penwell-Gabel Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I5859  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Family Living 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F1885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Oct 1918 - Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Dec 2007 - Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Dec 2007 - Penwell-Gabel Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1918 BIRTH: KS,Rice-Lyons: Edward Dalton Hays born 6 October 1918, son of Charles Edward Hays and Bessie Leah Maxwell Hays

      1930 CENSUS: KS,Reno Co-Hutchinson: Anc.com Img 3, pg 256, Dw 32,32-630 5th Ave E:
      HAYS, Ed-head 36/MO (MO,MO) md at 23, truck driver, wholesale grocery;
      Bessie-wife 31/KS (Ind,Ind) md at 18, no occ; Edward D-son 11/KS
      (MO,KS)

      1940 MARRIAGE: KS,Reno Co-Hutchinson: Edward Dalton Hays md Esther Anna Smith 5 June 1940

      HOBBIES: Ed liked to carve pieces, then chip carve on them, or his wife, Ann, would chip carve. She said he loved to do things with his hands and did a beautiful job of what he did, but she didn't know that he was dislexic until they had been married 25 years.

      2007 DEATH: KS,Reno Co-Hutchinson: Edward Dalton Hays died 19 December 2007
      [peacefully in his sleep - 2007 given by Ann on 24 June 2011, when Bob and Pam visited her]

  • Sources 
    1. [S373] Family Rcds: HAYS, Esther Anna SMITH.
      Edward Dalton Hays born 6 October 1918, Lyons, Rice Co, Kansas
      Family Group Sheet from Esther Anna Smith Hays to Pam Hallmark Wagner

      Date: February 1994

    2. [S373] Family Rcds: HAYS, Esther Anna SMITH.
      My husband died in 2007, put hands on chest, the .... put his hand on Ed's and he died peacefully asleep
      Visit with Ann at her present home, Good Samaritan Society

      Date: 24 June 2011

    3. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com.
      Edward D. Hays born 6 Oct 1918, last residence 67501 Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS, Died 19 Dec 2007
      Social Security Death Index, SS#510-10-6280 bef 1951 in KS

    4. [S480] Obituary: Kansas newspaper.
      Edward D. "Eddie" Hays, 89, died December 19, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson, Ks.
      He was born Oct. 6, 1918, in Lyons, Ks., an only child of Charles Edward Hays and Bessie Leah Maxwell Hays. On June 5, 1940, he married Esther Anna Smith. She survives.
      He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson, having moved from Lyons, Ks., with his parents in 1929. He worked at Fleming Wilson Wholesale Co. beginning in 1932, and then at Cessna Aircraft before enlisting in the WW II U.S. Air Force in 1942. He served his country proudly in England, European Theater and in South America. Upon his return to the U.S., he and his wife lived in Sarcoxie, MO., for three years before returning to Hutchinson, where he was associated with George Sutton in the building of residents and other general construction in and around Hutchinson before working for a time at Farmers Coop Grain Elevator Co. He later worked for Bob Ging Builder, a Real Estate Developer, for 15 years before retiring in 1980. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
      Other survivors include: Daughter, Sherry L. Barnhart and husband Ron, Granddaughter, Rhonda Kretzer and Family, Gary, Faith & Jaden. Grandson, Scott Barnhart and Family, Shari, Kylee & Kenneth, all of Hutchinson. A Son, Stephen Edward Hays and wife Robbie and Family, Travis Edward and Katlin, all of Hutchinson.
      Nieces, Marlene Harkness and Family, Shawnee, KS. Elanor McCoy and Family of Hutchinson. Nephew, Fred McCaskey and Family, Tallahassee, FL. Extended family, Sandy Waters, Pat Hetrick & Tammy, Bruce, Matthew Edward and Molly Ann Matney, all of Branson, Mo.
      Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 22nd, at Elliott Chapel. Friends may sign the register from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Military honors will be conducted by the McConnell Air Force Base Honor Guard.
      Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Reno County or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, both in care of the mortuary. Personal condolences may be sent to
      www.elliottmortuary.com.
      The Hutchinson News

      Date: 21 December 2007

    5. [S480] Obituary: Kansas newspaper.
      Edward D. "Eddie" Hays...Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Military honors will be conducted by the McConnell Air Force Base Honor Guard.
      The Hutchinson News

      Date: 21 December 2007