Ethel, the daughter of Mamie Ethel "Effie" (Newkirk) and David Peter Hays, was born in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Her mother died when she was eight days old and was buried in Oklahoma, along with her two other children who had died in infancy, Bennie and Gladys.
Ethel and her father returned to Missouri and she was raised on the Hays family farm southeast of Fortuna, Missouri, by her grandparents, Benjamin and Rose Hays. Ethel was the first of Benjamin and Rose's grandchildren to attend grade school at West View. During one year, there were thirteen of the Hays' grandchildren attending school there. She moved to Berkeley, California, and worked for Cutter Laboratories until her retirement. She never married.
Ethel and her father returned to Missouri and she was raised on the Hays family farm southeast of Fortuna, Missouri, by her grandparents, Benjamin and Rose Hays. Ethel was the first of Benjamin and Rose's grandchildren to attend grade school at West View. During one year, there were thirteen of the Hays' grandchildren attending school there. She moved to Berkeley, California, and worked for Cutter Laboratories until her retirement. She never married.
Ethel, the daughter of Mamie Ethel "Effie" (Newkirk) and David Peter Hays, was born in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Her mother died when she was eight days old and was buried in Oklahoma, along with her two other children who had died in infancy, Bennie and Gladys.
Ethel and her father returned to Missouri and she was raised on the Hays family farm southeast of Fortuna, Missouri, by her grandparents, Benjamin and Rose Hays. Ethel was the first of Benjamin and Rose's grandchildren to attend grade school at West View. During one year, there were thirteen of the Hays' grandchildren attending school there. She moved to Berkeley, California, and worked for Cutter Laboratories until her retirement. She never married.
Ethel and her father returned to Missouri and she was raised on the Hays family farm southeast of Fortuna, Missouri, by her grandparents, Benjamin and Rose Hays. Ethel was the first of Benjamin and Rose's grandchildren to attend grade school at West View. During one year, there were thirteen of the Hays' grandchildren attending school there. She moved to Berkeley, California, and worked for Cutter Laboratories until her retirement. She never married.
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