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Bessie G Page Hayes

Female 1886 - 1973  (87 years)


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  • Name Bessie G Page Hayes 
    Born 27 Feb 1886  Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Apr 1973  Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 Apr 1973  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3900  Rossville
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2018 

    Family ID F3816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bert D Hayes,   b. 25 Oct 1884, Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1974, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1908  Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. LeOra Mae Hayes Wyker,   b. 15 Nov 1913, Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 2002, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Lowell Page Hayes,   b. 15 Jun 1918, Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 2011, Windsor, Larimer County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +3. Audrey Lea Hayes Gelsinger,   b. 19 Nov 1923,   d. 15 Jan 2001  (Age 77 years)
     4. Emma Pauline Hayes Henderson
     5. Bernita Hayes Nidiffer
     6. Glenn Hayes
    Documents
    Marriage- Page, Bessie-Hayes, Bert
    Marriage- Page, Bessie-Hayes, Bert
    Bert Hayes and Miss Bessie Page were united in marriage at the home of Mrs. Josie Allen Wednesday September 16, 1t 9 a.m. Rev. Walker performed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends and relatives. The happy couple left on a wedding tour in Oklahoma on the morning train. The groom is the youngest son of W.J. Hayes and wife of a popular young farmer. The bride has spent most of her time in the past few years as compositor on the Record, as central girl and as assistant postmaster.

    [from Concordia Empire, Thursday, September 24, 1908]
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 3
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 3
    Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hayes were honored with a basket dinner Sunday by members of the Christian Church in honor of their 59th wedding anniversary.
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 1
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 1
    Mr. & Mrs. B. Hayes
    honored at surprise celebration
    On Sunday afternoon, September 14, the members of the Rossville Christian Church and a number of visitors honored Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Hayes with a surprise celebration of the Hayes’ 50th wedding anniversary.

    The festivities began with a fellowship basket dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Vance Crawford. Following this, the honored couple opened their many beautiful gifts. A mixed quartet sang, “Under His Wings” and “The Old Rugged Cross” to provide special music for the occasion.

    To complete the program, Mrs. Millicent Renwan read her own adaptation of “This is Your Life.”
    addressed, of course, to Bert and
    Bessie Hayes. Herb Trimble acted as master of ceremonies.

    Relatives present for the celebration were Mrs. Nora Lowry, sister of Mr. Hayes, and her son Hayes Lowry of Abilene, Kansas; Bernice Kalcher, Junction City; the three daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wyker and Pam of St. Marys, Mrs. Pauline Henderson, Carrollton, Mo., and Mrs. Audrey Gelsinger and two sons of Overland Park, Kansas.

    Other out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Art Buchmeier, Topeka, Betty Willis and Bobbie, Topeka, Mrs. U. L. Trenton, Enid, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barney, Hoyt, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Rogers, Dover.
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 2
    Anniversary- Hayes, Bert and Bessie 2
    Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Nidiffer, Nancy Jo, James and Billy Hayes of Snyder, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Henderson of Carrollton, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gelsinger, Roger and Steven of Overland Sark. Kansas; and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wyker and Pam of St. Marys, Kansas, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hayes. The occasion was a special surprise celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes’ golden wedding anniversary. Although the date doesn’t fall until September 16 and their sons, Glenn of Phoenix and Lowell of Tucson, Arizona, couldn’t be with them, the four daughters presented them with a lovely gold-trimmed wedding cake and took pictures of the couple in the 1958 fashion.
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2019 01:32:39 
    Family ID F2851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Hayes, Bessie
    Obituary- Hayes, Bessie
    MRS. BESSIE HAYES
    Services were at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Christian Church in Rossville for Mrs. Bessie G. Hayes, 87, Carrollton, Mo., formerly of Rossville, who died Friday in a hospital at Carrollton.

    She was born February 27, 1886, at Clyde in Cloud County. She lived at Cherryvale and Minneapolis until 1925 when she moved to Rossville. She lived at Carrollton, Mo., the past six years. She was a member of the Rossville Christian Church since 1925.

    She was married to Bert D. Hayes September 16, 1908, at Miltonvale. He survives.

    Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Pauline Henderson, Carrollton, Mo., Mrs. LeOra Wyker, St. Marys, Mrs. Bernita Nidiffer, Pampa, Tex., and Mrs. Audrey Geisinger, Overland Park; two sons, Lowell Hayes, Tucson, Ariz., and Glenn Hayes, Phoenix, Ariz; a Sister, Mrs. Ruth White, Cherryvale; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandsons.

    Burial was in Rossville Cemetery. Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys had charge of arrangements.

    Pallbearers were Ernest Decker, Clayton Carrell, Vance Crawford, David Stadler, George Stadler and Junior Dannefer, all of Rossville.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Christian Church.