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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 from 5-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
William Patrick Hayes Sr., 93 of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, died peacefully on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 surrounded by his family. Bill and his wife Gloria had been long term residents of Wayne, NJ and attended Holy Cross Parish.
He was the last surviving of 8 children of Thomas & Mary Hayes of Jersey City. He was the last of a great family of characters who grew up with little but always had rich family lives and a lot of fun. Bill retired as a Jersey City Fire Department Battalion Chief where he trained firemen at the Jersey City Fire Training School. Bill was a WW II veteran and a Staff Sergeant assigned to the B-24 “Draggin Waggin” as an aerial tail gunner for the 449th Bomber Squadron. He served in the air combat campaigns of Naples, Foggia, the Northern Apennines, Rhineland, Rome, Arno and Southern France. The 449th was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for its feat in destroying 49 Nazi planes while raining destruction on the rail facilities on Bucharest, Romania. They received the European, African and Middle Eastern service medals. Bill also earned the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Bill and his wife Gloria were long term residents of Wayne NJ and Holy Cross Parish. They spent their later years in Pompton Plains.
He is survived by his wife Gloria, son & daughter-in law William & Mary Hayes of Hopewell, NJ, his daughter and son-in-law Lorene & Robert Bishop of Wayne, NJ, daughter and son-in-law Joan & Mark Reading of Pennington, NJ, 9 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Friends wishing to make a donation are asked to do so in memory of Bill's sisters; Marie, Margaret & Veronica, to NAMI Mercer, the National Alliance on Mental Health serving Mercer County, NJ. Donations can be mailed as follows: NAMI Mercer, Attn: Team Hayes, 3371 Brunswick Pike, Suite 124, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648 or by visiting; http://www.namimercer.org/support/donate.shtml and under 'special request for donation' write; "Team Hayes: Marie, Margaret & Veronica."
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 from 5-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 from 5-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
William Patrick Hayes Sr., 93 of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains, died peacefully on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 surrounded by his family. Bill and his wife Gloria had been long term residents of Wayne, NJ and attended Holy Cross Parish.
He was the last surviving of 8 children of Thomas & Mary Hayes of Jersey City. He was the last of a great family of characters who grew up with little but always had rich family lives and a lot of fun. Bill retired as a Jersey City Fire Department Battalion Chief where he trained firemen at the Jersey City Fire Training School. Bill was a WW II veteran and a Staff Sergeant assigned to the B-24 “Draggin Waggin” as an aerial tail gunner for the 449th Bomber Squadron. He served in the air combat campaigns of Naples, Foggia, the Northern Apennines, Rhineland, Rome, Arno and Southern France. The 449th was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for its feat in destroying 49 Nazi planes while raining destruction on the rail facilities on Bucharest, Romania. They received the European, African and Middle Eastern service medals. Bill also earned the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Bill and his wife Gloria were long term residents of Wayne NJ and Holy Cross Parish. They spent their later years in Pompton Plains.
He is survived by his wife Gloria, son & daughter-in law William & Mary Hayes of Hopewell, NJ, his daughter and son-in-law Lorene & Robert Bishop of Wayne, NJ, daughter and son-in-law Joan & Mark Reading of Pennington, NJ, 9 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Friends wishing to make a donation are asked to do so in memory of Bill's sisters; Marie, Margaret & Veronica, to NAMI Mercer, the National Alliance on Mental Health serving Mercer County, NJ. Donations can be mailed as follows: NAMI Mercer, Attn: Team Hayes, 3371 Brunswick Pike, Suite 124, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648 or by visiting; http://www.namimercer.org/support/donate.shtml and under 'special request for donation' write; "Team Hayes: Marie, Margaret & Veronica."
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