GRACE HAYWARD TAKEN BY DEATH. LAST RITES WERE HELD YESTERDAY.

Scores of friends of Grace Hayward gathered at the Dowling Chapel in Hamilton yesterday afternoon to pay tribute at funeral services to the well-known Hamilton matron who passed away in her sleep at the family home in Hamilton early, Sunday, November 12. Rev. Richard R. Price officiated at the services following which interment was made in Riverview Cemetery. The pallbearers were E.R. Hammond, Paul Tschache, J.F. O'Donnell, J.D. Taylor, George B. Taylor, and Albert Nickel. Mrs. Hayward had not enjoyed good health but her sudden passing was a shock to her family and friends.
Grace Kerlee was born August 20, 1895 at Darby. She was the youngest child of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Kerlee, pioneers of the Bitter Root. She was married to Herbert Hayward at Darby June 1, 1911. The Haywards resided at Darby for a number of years where he practiced medicine before moving his practice and residence to Hamilton.
Those who survive Mrs. Hayward are her husband, three daughters, two sons, three sisters, and three brothers. The daughters are: Mrs. L.H. Prather, who is in Yokohama, Japan, her husband being with the armed forces in Korea; Mrs. Dorman Newton, Independence, Oregon; and Mrs. Ronald Bibler, Darby. The sons are Gordon of Hamilton and Herbert Jr. of San Francisco. The sisters are Mrs. B.K. Monroe, Mrs. R.L. Henderson, and Floss L. Kerlee. The brothers are Bert and E.J. Kerlee of Darby, and Ben Kerlee of Salem, Oregon.
Members of the bereaved family from without the Bitter Root valley who were here for the funeral rites were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hayward Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Dorman Newton, and Mrs. R.L. Henderson, and Mrs. Daisy Van Cleave, a cousin, of Missoula.

The Western News, November 16, 1950