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Martha Jane “Mattie” <I>Kennedy</I> Hays

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Martha Jane “Mattie” Kennedy Hays

Birth
Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
Death
4 Jul 1952 (aged 81)
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
Burial
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hope, Sec 2320, Grave #1
Memorial ID
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Mattie was the wife of Altieri Francisco "Frank" Hays. The family was affiliated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church with ministries and missionary positions.

Their 8 children were:

James Austin Hays (1894-1970) Memorial# 39953404
George Evert Hays (1896-1973)
John Elmer Hays (1898-1961)
Hugh Cecil Hays (1901-1969)
Herbert Alden Hays (1903-1971)
Martha Pearl Hays-McBurney (1906-1997)
Robert Willson Hays (1908-1962)
Rachel Evelyn Hays-Gilchrist (1912-1971)

OBIT--Morning Sun News-Herald

Former Resident Dies in Washington

Mrs. Frank Hays, 81, the former Martha Jane Kennedy of Morning Sun, died July 4 (1952), at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Gilchrist, in Bremerton, Washington.

Mrs. Hays was born east of Mediapolis, September 21, 1870. On March 16, 1893, she was married to Frank Hays who preceded her in death on March 21, 1930.

Mr. and Mrs. Hays were the parents of five sons and two daughters, all of whom survive.

Mrs. Hays was a resident of the Morning Sun community until 1917 when the family moved to Sterling, Kansas. Her last years were spent in Denver, Colorado, and in Bremerton, Washington.

In her youth she united with the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church and continued her membership in the Covenenter churches wherever she lived.

Survivors are Austin, Edmund, Oklahoma; Everett and Pearl McBurney, Lakewood, Colorado; Reverend Herbert Hays, a missionary in Latakia, Syria; Dr. Robert Hays, Ft. Collins, Colorado; Elmer, Los Angeles; and Evelyn Gilchrist, Bremerton. There are 16 grandchildren.

Other survivors include three sisters: Mrs. Mayme McElhinney, Morning Sun; Mrs. Emma Caldwell, Washington, Iowa; and Mrs. Ruby Baird, Morning Sun.
Mattie was the wife of Altieri Francisco "Frank" Hays. The family was affiliated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church with ministries and missionary positions.

Their 8 children were:

James Austin Hays (1894-1970) Memorial# 39953404
George Evert Hays (1896-1973)
John Elmer Hays (1898-1961)
Hugh Cecil Hays (1901-1969)
Herbert Alden Hays (1903-1971)
Martha Pearl Hays-McBurney (1906-1997)
Robert Willson Hays (1908-1962)
Rachel Evelyn Hays-Gilchrist (1912-1971)

OBIT--Morning Sun News-Herald

Former Resident Dies in Washington

Mrs. Frank Hays, 81, the former Martha Jane Kennedy of Morning Sun, died July 4 (1952), at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Gilchrist, in Bremerton, Washington.

Mrs. Hays was born east of Mediapolis, September 21, 1870. On March 16, 1893, she was married to Frank Hays who preceded her in death on March 21, 1930.

Mr. and Mrs. Hays were the parents of five sons and two daughters, all of whom survive.

Mrs. Hays was a resident of the Morning Sun community until 1917 when the family moved to Sterling, Kansas. Her last years were spent in Denver, Colorado, and in Bremerton, Washington.

In her youth she united with the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church and continued her membership in the Covenenter churches wherever she lived.

Survivors are Austin, Edmund, Oklahoma; Everett and Pearl McBurney, Lakewood, Colorado; Reverend Herbert Hays, a missionary in Latakia, Syria; Dr. Robert Hays, Ft. Collins, Colorado; Elmer, Los Angeles; and Evelyn Gilchrist, Bremerton. There are 16 grandchildren.

Other survivors include three sisters: Mrs. Mayme McElhinney, Morning Sun; Mrs. Emma Caldwell, Washington, Iowa; and Mrs. Ruby Baird, Morning Sun.


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  • Created by: Shea Pratt
  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117022665/martha_jane-hays: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Jane “Mattie” Kennedy Hays (21 Sep 1870–4 Jul 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117022665, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Shea Pratt (contributor 48194288).