(Also on gravestone: Walter W. 1917-2007)
Spouse:
Walter Woodrow Hays 1917-2007
Parents:
Fredrick Sprague Laughner 1878-1959
Maude Ritchey 1880-1975
Children:
Donald E. Hays
Fredrick W. Hays
Linda H. Hays
Michael R. Hays
Mrs. Eleanor I. Hays of Mariasville, Emlenton R.D.1, wife of Walter Hays and an elementary teacher in the Keystone School District, died at 12:30 A.M. Tuesday in her home following an extended illness. She was born at Mariasville March 17, 1918, a daughter of Fred and Maude Ritchey Laughner. She graduated in 1936 from Emlenton High School and from Clarion State College. A member of the United Church of Christ in Lamartine. Mrs. Hays was active in the church affairs and was a member of the Eastern Star, Emlenton Chapter 426. She was married June 6, 1943, to Walter Hays, who survives along with a daughter, Linda Sue, and three sons, Michael R. Donald E. and Fredrick W. Hays at home. Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Maude Laughner of Marisville; two sisters, Mrs. Marian I. Hays of Bethel Park and Mrs. Helen B. Ritts of Marisville, and a number of nieces and nephews.
