Wasco-Gilliam County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hayes, Jefferson "Jeff" Dee April 6, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 27, 2006, 8:38 pm The Dalles Chronicle, April 7, 2004 Jefferson “Jeff” Dee Hayes, 81, a resident of Maupin, died at the local hospital Tuesday, April 6, 2004. He was born Feb. 19, 1923, in Lone Rock, the oldest of four children to Walter Harrison and Phoebe Ann (Wineland) Hayes. He was raised in Lone Rock and Condon where he graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then worked as a heavy equipment operator in construction traveling throughout the United States. He married Sylvia Constance Volden on Nov. 8, 1950 and they settled in the Maupin area in the early 60’s, worked for the city of Maupin for several years and then worked until his retirement at the Mountain Fir Lumber Company. He was a 60-year member of the Elks Lodge and enjoyed the outdoors including hunting, fishing, gardening and rodeos. He is survived by five children, Deanna and her husband, Rick Stinchfield, Salem; Greg and his wife, Sharon Hayes, Milwaukie; Jeffrey Hayes, Maupin; Teri and her husband, Jim Wiltse, Stayton; and Ron and his wife, Debbie Hayes, Creswell; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and one sister, Betty Putnam, Beaverton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia Hayes, in April 1993. A gathering of family and friends will be held at the family home in Maupin, 202 Staats Street, on Saturday, April 10 between 1 and 3 p.m. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory and inurnment of cremains will be held at Heppner Masonic Cemetery at a later date. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Southern Wasco County Ambulance, PO Box 125, Maupin, OR 97037. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/h/hayes613gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb