Michael D. Hayes

Michael D. Hayes, 43, died Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001) at Mercy Hospital in Moundridge.

He was born Aug. 2, 1958, to Noel V. and Judy (Little) Hayes in Newton.  They preceded him in death.  He married Rosanne Kay Klassen Oct. 26, 1978, in Elbing.  She survives.

He was raised in Newton and graduated with the Newton High School Class of 1976.  He was employed by Hay and Forage in Hesston as the weld shop crew chief.  He worked there for 22 years.  He was a member of the HFI Union.  He attended Meridian Baptist Church in Newton.  He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, hunting, classic cars and Harley's.

Other survivors include: a son, Jeremiah A. Hayes of Moundridge; a daughter, Amanda K. Hayes of Moundridge; a brother, Ronnie Hayes of Huber heights, Ohio; five sisters, Patricia Walters of Fort Worth, Texas, Sylvia Wood of Texarkana, Texas, Peggy Sherrick of Newton and Judy VanRossun and Lynda Burse, both of Wichita; a mother and father-in-law, Jim and Rose Bolen of Wichita; and a stepmother, Madeline Hayes of Halstead.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday with family greeting friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, all at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton.

Funeral service will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Meridian Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerroll Martens and Scott Kliewer officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Memorials have been established with the Hayes Children Education Fund in care of the funeral home.