HAYES, Kathryn 1908-2002

HAYES, BURNS, LINDAMAN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/25/2009 at 11:14:02

MASON CITY, IOWA - Kathryn Elizabeth Lindaman Hayes. 93, of Charles City passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2002, at the Muse Norris Hospice in Mason City.

Services will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at 11 a.m. at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City with Mother Kate Campbell, priest, officiating. Burial will follow at the Riverside Cemetery at Charles City. A gathering of family and friends will be held one hour prior to the memorial service.

Kathryn was born Oct. 5, 1908, in Rockland, Mass., near Boston, the eldest child of Viva and Mable (Burns) Lindaman. Her father was a practicing spitball artist for the Boston Braves.

Kathryn attended school in Charles City. Upon graduating from Charles City High School she attended Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids for one year to study accounting. She also assisted the nuns teaching school at Cedar Rapids.

She was a Floyd County Deputy Clerk of Court for many years. Part of those years included the Great Depression of the 1930s, where Floyd County would pay Kathryn in script which the local banks would honor after taking a 10 percent discount. She also assisted the Floyd County Sheriff in escorting female prisoners, and was involved in the Soldiers and Sailors relief office.

On Dec. 6, 1941, Kathryn was united in marriage to Boyd G. "Pete" Hayes in Princeton, Miss., The next day her brother-in-law, John Hayes, was killed on the battleship Arizona stationed at Pearl Harbor where he is entombed.

During World War II, Kathryn drove used cars from Minneapolis, Minn., to Charles City for local car dealer 'Doc' Vollum. After the war, she worked beside her husband in his law office doing bookkeeping and tax preparation. She was also the Floyd County Registrar of births and deaths for many years.

From 1963 to the present she owned and operated Hayes' Apartments at 201 Ferguson St. in Charles City. During the Charles City tornado of May 15, 1968, a building she operated on the corner of Blunt and Milwaukee streets was totally destroyed, killing two tenants.

Kathryn was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. Later, she was confirmed in the Episcopal Church.

Kathryn was active in the City Improvement Association and the Republican party. She and her husband, Boyd, attended the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago, where General Dwight David Eisenhower was nominated. One of Kathryn's proudest moments was working with her husband on the passage of the bond issue for the Floyd County Veterans Memorial Hospital.

Kathryn enjoyed traveling with her husband, Boyd, especially their trip to England, and she liked Black Walnut furniture.

Kathryn was one tough cookie, a classy person with a sharp mind, and will be sadly missed by her son, John, cat "Snoopy," sister, Doris Norelius, and brother, Richard (Mary) Lindaman, all of Charles City, and brother Robert (Maureen) Lindaman of Green Valley, Calif. Locally she is survived by nephews, Steve (Becky) Lindaman and Douglas K. Lindaman, and niece Viva (Bruce) Boerschel, along with a number of out-of-town nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd, brothers Ben (Hulda) Lindaman, Joe (Elaine) Lindaman, Jack (Helen) Lindaman and an infant son.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to Dave and Jan Petheram, Vicky Sobolik, Bob and Marge Gardner, Barb, Erica and Alisa Zbornik, Ardis Lockwood, Sharon Streich, Roberta Vogelhuber, Dave and Lorna Scrimger, Rose Groff, Mary, Dick and Doug Lindaman and good neighbors Pat and Harry Balk.

Special thanks also to North Iowa Mercy Dialysis Center, Charles City unit; West 6 and Skilled Nursing of Mercy Hospital in Mason City; Muse Noris in-patient Hospice in Mason City; Floyd County Veterans Memorial Hospital, Dr. Alscher, Dr. Royer and staff, Karen Thomas, R.N., Mother Kate Campbell, Homecare Medical Staff, Marlene Null at Hospice of North Iowa, Charles City Satellite, Sandy Du Vall, R.N., and Ken Aalderks, MPH, AC/LICW.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider North Iowa Mercy Dialysis Center, 707 Gilbert Street, Charles City, or Muse Norris Hospice In-patient Unit, 232 Second Street, SE, Mason City, or the Floyd County Veterans Memorial Hospital, 800 11th Street, Charles City.