HAYES, William Francis 1873 - 1905

HAYES

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 2/1/2005 at 22:02:12

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Monday, November 13, 1905
Page 4, Column 6

Will HAYES Dead.

Will HAYES, a former Fairfield boy, died in the hospital in Quincy, Ill., Thursday morning, about 7:50 o'clock. The remains were taken to Creston, where they were tenderly laid to rest, this afternoon. The deceased is survived by his mother, one brother and a sister, who have the sympathy of hosts of friends in their sad bereavement. A number from here attended this funeral this afternoon.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Tuesday, November 16 (sic - 14th), 1905
Front Page, Column 5

Attend Wm. HAYES Funeral.

A party composed of Pat Buckley and wife, John Ambrose and wife, George Stephens, wife and daughter, Mill Hilda, John Fritz and wife, Jay Copeland, Bruce Russell, Fry Copeland, Will Buckley, Ed. Manelly, John Manelly, Denis Kilfoy, John Goehner, C. U. Emry, Miss Ella Fogarty, Mrs. Kate Sullivan and Mrs. Frank Droz attended the funeral of William HAYES, which was held in Creston yesterday. A large number of railroad employes were also present to pay their last respects to their departed companion.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, November 15, 1905
Page 6, Columns 3 and 4

Died From Effects of Accident.

William F. HAYES, a young man who was reared in this city and was well known here, died in Blessing hospital, Quincy, Ill., Wednesday. Mr. HAYES was master bridge carpenter of the Carthage & Quincy branch of the Burlington road. September 30th, while going over his division with a motor car, he was accidentally injured by the derailing of the machine, and suffered a compound fracture of the leg and pssibly other injuries. He was taken to the hospital at once, and it was generally thought that he would recover. He was apparently in excellent condition at 6 a.m. the day of his death, but at 7:30 was found in a comatose condition and never recovered. An inquest was held and it was decided that he died from "puomonary embolism," a blod clot in the pulmonary artery. Mr. HAYES was a son of Mrs. Ann HAYES, formerly of this city and now of Creston. He was born in Fairfield and was thirty-three years of age. He entered the service of the Burlington company as a boy, and was honest, industrious and efficient and was steadily promoted until he reached the responsible position he held at the time of his death. His life is a contradiction of the idea that the "poor boy has no chance," for he found his chance and took advantage of it. Two other brothers, George P. and A. J., have also worked their way to good positions in the bridge department of this road. The body of Mr. HAYES was taken to Creston for burial. The widowed mother, a sister and other members of the family live there. There are may boyhood friends of the young man in this city who admired him in life and who will regret his death.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, November 15, 1905
Page 3, Column 4

Burlington Master Carpenter Dies Suddenly.

Burlington, Ia., Nov. 9.--W. F. HAYES, master carpenter of the Burlington railroad in Iowa, died suddenly today in a hospital at Quincy, Ill., where he had been confined with a fracture of the leg, sustained in a motor car accident several weeks ago. Up to within ten minutes of his death he was in comparative excellent condition and almost ready to be discharged from the hospital. It is believed that blood poison was the cause. The body was taken to Creston tonight, where he will be buried.

Mr. HAYES was well known in Iowa railway circles and was held in high regard by the railway officials.

(Mr. HAYES was formerly a resident of Fairfield, and is well known here.--Ed.)

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"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, November 17, 1905
Page 8, Column 3

Glendale.

... Miss Annie HAYES went to Creston Saturday to attend the funeral of her cousin, Wm. HAYES.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, November 22, 1905
Page 3, Column 3

Funeral of W. F. HAYES.

The funeral of the late W. F. HAYES took place Monday morning from St. Malachy's church in this city, and was one of the most largely attended affairs of the kind that have taken place in this city in many years. The family was widely known all over the C., B. & Q., and the deceased was highly respected by railroad men and citizens and there were present fully a hundred people from other places on the system to show their respect and esteem for the dead man. The remains were escorted from the residence of his mother, Mrs. Anna HAYES, at 303 North Vine street, by a procession of fellow employes and friends, and the cortege moved to St. Malachy's church, where the funeral services were held. The bier was hidden from sight by the wealth of floral offerings, which had been sent by those who had known Will HAYES during his useful life, and some handsome designs were conspicuous.

St. Malachy's church was taxed to its capacity to accommodate those who wished to be present at the last sad rites. When the funeral procession arrived from the house the church was already comfortably filled with friends of the family and associates of the deceased.

The requiem high mass was conducted by Father Bede assisted by the choir of the church, and Will Brady rendered most effectively "Thy Will Be Done," and Mrs. Elmer Muson and Miss Anna Toller sang "I Heard the voice of Jesus saying," in addition to the music of the mass. At the conclusion of the mass Father Bede spoke briefly but appropriately to the friends and relatives gathered, and then Father Quinn, of Red Oak, an old friend of the family, delivered the funeral sermon, in which he reviewed the life of the young man who had been so suddenly called to his reward, and comforted the relatives with words of hopefulness and pointed to the consolations of religion for the grief which was now so poignant.

Those who acted as pallbearers were as follows: J. M. Liming, of Burlington, J. J. Hogan, of St. Joseph, Mo.; M. O. Griffith, of Quincy, Ill.; A. B. Schroeder, of Red Oak; Dennis Kilfoy, of Fairfield, and Frank Schiffer, of Creston.

Taken from his field of usefulness in the prime of life, the death of W. F. HAYES is one that comes with crushing force to a large circle of friends and with additional emphasis to the bereaved family, of which he was the eldest son. A widowed mother, two brothers and one sister survive him, and are the recipients of the most sincere sympathy on the part of the community. The remains were interred in Calvary cemetery in this city.--Nov. 14, Creston Advertiser.

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Note: Buried in Creston, IA, according to his obituaries, however there is a gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, for him, in Lot 2nd.205. At some point he was disinterred at Creston and reinterred at Fairfield, according to cemetery records.