Obituary of Richard Hays

IN LOVING MEMORY OF RICHARD HAYS Richard Hays passed away January 28, 2014, at his home in Bullhead City, Arizona, losing his battle to cancer. Richard w. Hays was born June 28, 1952, in Norton, Kansas, to Kenneth and Faith (Sprigg) Hays. He attended grade school in Almena and graduated from Northern Valley High School in 1970. He married Verlaine Thalheim in 1972. To this union two daughters were born, Rebekah and Rachel. Richard received his bachelor's degree from FHSU in 1974. After college graduation, they returned to Almena where Richard was engaged in farming which he really loved. He was known as a hard worker and a good neighbor. In 2000, Richard moved to Bullhead City, Arizona, where he worked in the maintenance department of the Riverside and Edgewater casino. He liked his work there and despite the heat, was known as a man who could fix anything. In 2005, Richard and Jerry Anne Irwin were married. They lived in a beautiful home of Jerry Anne's that they shared with two bulldogs, a number of desert tortoises, and a big tank of fish. Richard was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents, his father, Kenneth, and his sister, Susan. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Jerry Anne, and her children from a previous marriage; his two daughters, Rebekah, and husband, Paul Mussman, of Minden, Nebraska; and Rachel, and husband, Dr. Trevor Martin, of Marcus, Iowa; three grandchildren, Colin, Ashton, and Isabella Mussman; his mother, Faith Hays, of Norton; his brother, Gale, and his wife, Ranelle Hays and their family, Megan and Steve Husted, Campbell and Davanee, Mercedes and Zac Johnson and Micah, Ethan and Gunnar Hays; one niece, Sutan and Pitack Mongpho and family of Bangkok, Thailand; and also numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. Memorials may be given to the Richard Hays Memorial Fund. .