Jeffery Hayes

QUINNESEC - Jeffery Hayes, 59, of 3575 Clark St., Quinnesec, died, Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008, at Marquette General Hospital. Jeff was born on Oct. 7, 1948, in Iron Mountain, the son of Joseph and Shirley (Carlson) Hayes. He was a 1966 graduate of Kingsford High School. Jeff served in the Vietnam War with the United States Navy from 1966-1970, receiving the National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with one campaign star. Jeff also served in the National Guard. He married the former Linda Thinglum on Nov. 29, 1980, in Escanaba. Jeff worked as a maintenance mechanic at the Iron Mountain V.A. Medical Center for 27 years, retiring in 1997. For the past several years he had worked as the maintenance man at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Norway. Jeff was a member of Carpenter-Clash American Legion Post 363 in Kingsford and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enjoyed playing slow pitch softball and was an avid Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers fan. Jeff also enjoyed fishing with his son and flower and vegetable gardening. He loved to cook and was famous for his special spaghetti sauce. His family was most important to him and he was always making sure they were taken care of. Jeff was loved by many and will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and his pet cat Meeko. Jeff is survived by his wife, Linda; his son, Adam (Heather) Hayes of Iron Mountain; daughter, Kelly Hayes of Quinnesec; his mother, Shirley Hayes of Iron Mountain; a brother, Jon Hayes of Iron Mountain; sister, Julie (Mike) Windell of Aurora, Wis.; brothers-in-law, Harold (Barbara) Thinglum of New Lenox, Ill. and Gary (Karen) Thinglum of Escanaba; nieces and nephews, Ryan (DeAnn) Windell, Dustin and Eric Windell, Jacalyn Windell, Brenda (Justin) Wabindato, Pamela Thinglum, Scott Thinglum, Annie (Ernesto) Calderon and Kate Thinglum as well as great-niece and nephews, Kyle and Abby Windell and Ethan Wabindato. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Hayes, and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harold and Beda Thinglum of Wells. Visitation will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Central time) on Saturday at the Erickson-Rochon and Nash Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. (Central time) on Saturday at St. Mary's Church in Norway. Father James Roetzer will offer the Mass of the Christian burial. Burial will be in the Quinnesec Cemetery. Condolences to the family of Jeffrey Hayes can be expressed at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon and Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the arrangements.

Jeffery Hayes

August 27, 1949 - August 27, 2008