Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays

b. Feb 6, 1916, d. Mar 3, 1990
FatherOrice Lee Hays1,2 b. Dec 15, 1884, d. Dec 4, 1945
MotherEffie Viola DeWitt1,2 b. Apr 8, 1888, d. Dec 29, 1935
     Vernon was born in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Feb 6, 1916.3,4,5,2
     
Vernon, Clarence, Lowell, Fern, Verda, Mervin
(labeled on back)
circa 1920?
He was listed as a son in Orice Lee Hays's household on the 1920 Census in Junction City, Geary Co, KS.6
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was listed on the roll as a student in Moonlight School, Hays Township, Dickinson Co, KS, in 1925.7

     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was listed as a son in Lee Hays's household on the 1930 Census in 401 East Republic, Salina, Saline Co, KS.2
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays, Lee Hays's child, resided with Lee, in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Jan 2, 1936.8
     He married Mable Merle Burt in Salina, Saline Co, KS, on Oct 23, 1937.3,9,10,4
     
Burt Family
Mable and Bill Hays, Grace Burt, ? ? ? ? ? Lucille Burt, ?

     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays and Mable Merle Hays lived in Brookings, SD.9
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays and Mable Merle Hays lived in Galveston, TX.9
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays served as a private first class, U.S. Army, circa 1942.11
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays and Mable Merle Hays moved in 1942 to Salina, Saline Co, KS.9
     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

     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was employed by the J.B. Gabbert Oil Company as a driver.3,9
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was employed by E.F.D. Film Delivery (E.F.D. Express) as a mechanic from 1955 to 1978.3,9
     He resided in Salina, Saline Co, KS, on Nov 28, 1969, in 1316 Gypsum.12
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays and Mable Merle Hays were honored at a 50th wedding celebration on Oct 24, 1987 at Kenwood View Nursing Center, Salina, Saline Co, KS.13,9
     Vernon "Bill" DeWitt Hays was a member of Eagles Lodge in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     Vernon died on Mar 3, 1990 in Kenwood View Nursing Home, Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 74.3,4,5 An obituary was published on Mar 4, 1990 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3 He was buried on Mar 6, 1990 in Poheta Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.3,4

Family

Mable Merle Burt b. October 13, 1918, d. September 10, 1997

Citations

  1. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  2. [S1062] 1930 U. S. Census, unknown cd2, Kansas, Saline County.
  3. [S550] Salina Journal, March 4, 1990, page 11, column 2.
  4. [S771] Vernon Hays and Mable Hays Cemetery Marker, Poheta Cemetery, Saline Co, KS.
  5. [S856] Vernon Hays, no. 511-09-2950, Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb.
  6. [S32] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Geary County, Junction City, ED 61, sheet 7B, line 94, dwelling 127, family 142.
  7. [S226] Mervin Hays, School Souvenir Booklet, 1925 Julia Langel.
  8. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  9. [S683] The Salina Journal, October, 1987.
  10. [S750] The Salina Journal, September 12, 1997, page A9, column 1.
  11. [S772] Vernon Hays Cemetery Marker, Poheta Cemetery, Saline Co, KS.
  12. [S46] The Salina Journal, November 28, 1969, page 19.
  13. [S682] Vernon Hays and Mable Hays, Invitation to 50th Anniversary open house, October 24, 1987 Ruth Hays Family Box.
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