Verda Viola Hays

b. Mar 9, 1911, d. Dec 8, 1976
FatherOrice Lee Hays1,2 b. Dec 15, 1884, d. Dec 4, 1945
MotherEffie Viola DeWitt1,2 b. Apr 8, 1888, d. Dec 29, 1935
     Also referred to as Vera and Veda. Verda was born in Geneseo, Rice Co, KS, on Mar 9, 1911.3,4
     
     
     
Vernon, Clarence, Lowell, Fern, Verda, Mervin
(labeled on back)
circa 1920?

     Verda Viola Hays was listed as a daughter in Orice Lee Hays's household on the 1920 Census in Junction City, Geary Co, KS.5
     Verda Viola Hays was listed on the roll as a student in Brookside School, Smoky Hill Township, Geary Co, KS, in 1922; she was in the fourth grade.6
She was listed on the roll as a student in Moonlight School, Hays Township, Dickinson Co, KS, in 1925.7

     She married Leslie E. Lady circa 1927.1,3,8,4
     Verda Viola Lady was listed as a lodger in G. Mark Brown's household on the 1930 Census in 834 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS. Leslie was working as a lineman for a telephone company.4
     She resided in Salina, Saline Co, KS, at the time of her mother's death on Dec 30, 1935.1
     The Hays family gathered at Jim and Margie's house in Hutchinson in February 1946.
Bill, Lowell, Jim, Delbert, Clarence, and Mervin Hays
Hays Family, Feb 1946, Hutchinson, KS
Back row: Lowell, Jim, Mervin, Pearl
Middle row: Nelda, Rosie, Lila, Verda
Front row: Bill, Delbert, Clarence
Hays Family, Feb 1946, Hutchinson, KS
Stan Jantz writes: Jim and Marges house in Hutch near prison. Jim, Delbert, Jack (uniform), Vernon, Barbra, Donna
on back: Hays Sisters
Back row: Lila Jantz, Pearl Hays, Verda Lady
Front row: Nelda Hays
RosaLee Goodwin
Taken at Cleins
Feb 1946
Hutchinson, Kansas

     Verda Viola Hays retired in 1963 from the Model Laundry in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     She resided in San Francisco, CA, on Nov 28, 1969; the Lady's spent a total of 9 years in California.9,3
     
Verda and Leslie Lady

     Verda Viola Lady was a member of Eagles auxiliary in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     Verda Viola Lady was a member of R.E.A.C. (Retired Eagles Activity Club) in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     Verda Viola Lady was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     
Verda and Leslie Lady

     Verda Viola Lady and Leslie E. Lady lived in Dec, 1976 in 239 N. West Place, Salina, Saline Co, KS.3,8
     Verda died on Dec 8, 1976 in St. John's Hospital, Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 65.3,8 An obituary was published on Dec 10, 1976 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3 Verda's funeral was held on Dec 11, 1976 at Ryan Mortuary in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3 She was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Enterprise, Dickinson Co, KS.3

Family

Leslie E. Lady b. July 21, 1908, d. February 8, 1977
Children
  • Eugene R. Lady4 b. Apr 17, 1928, d. Nov 28, 1958
  • Darold Lady10 b. May 18, 1932, d. May 30, 1963
  • Delores Lady3 b. Sep 3, 1934, d. Dec 12, 2012

Citations

  1. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  2. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  3. [S644] Salina Journal, December 10, 1976.
  4. [S1277] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Douglas, Lawrence, ED 6, sheet 3A/39, line 45, 834 Kentucky Street, dwelling 67, family 78, Kansas, Douglas County.
  5. [S32] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Geary County, Junction City, ED 61, sheet 7B, line 94, dwelling 127, family 142.
  6. [S225] Mervin Hays, School Souvenir Booklet, 1922 Julia Langel.
  7. [S226] Mervin Hays, School Souvenir Booklet, 1925 Julia Langel.
  8. [S645] Salina Journal, February 10, 1977, page 11, column 4.
  9. [S46] The Salina Journal, November 28, 1969, page 19.
  10. [S1612] Interview, several participants at Hays family picnic, September 25, 2005.
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