Eben H. Hays (1968)

BROWN, GARRETT, HAYS, MOORE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/13/2006 at 20:23:21

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 5, 1968
Page 2

EBEN H. HAYS Died Friday

Eben H. Hays, retired Winterset theater owner, died Friday, May 31, 1968, at his home in Winterset. He was 64 years of age.

Mr. Hays was born near Earlham Feb. 22, 1904, a son of Charles W. and Mary Brown Hays. His early life was spent in that community. He was married at Early Chapel church on Feb. 2, 1928, to Grace J. Moore.

They moved to Memphis, Missouri, in 1936, where they engaged in the theater business until 1945. They then returned to Winterset and purchased the Iowa theater, which they operated for many years. His wife died last Nov. 10th.

Nearest surviving relatives are a brother, Charles W. Hays of Des Moines, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Garrett of Earlham.

Funeral services were held Monday from the Wilson Funeral home in Winterset, conducted by the Rev. William E. Bowles, pastor of the First Christian church here. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

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