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Funeral service for Fern York Hayes was May 3, 2012 at Null and Son Funeral Home, Rolla.
Interment was in the Edgar Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Hayes was born April 2, 1918 in Anutt to Fred and Sarah (Hunt) Fipps. She married Emerson York in 1935. They were the parents of five children. Mrs. Hayes died April 30, 2012 in Licking at the age of 94 years.
Survivors include her daughters, Janet Hamilton and husband, Fred; Jean McCluskey and husband, Walt; Lynne Montrey and husband, Hank; and Kay Harris and husband, Charles Jr., all of Edgar Springs; grandchildren, Lisa Nash and husband, Gary, Salem; Karen Newkirk and husband, Mike, Rolla; Angela Freeman and husband, Chris, McKinney, Texas; Chris McCluskey and wife, Rachel; Michael McCluskey and wife, Livia; Kelly Riefer and husband, Mark, all of Edgar Springs; Scot Montrey and wife, Noel, Washington, DC; Brian Montrey and wife, Michelle, Madison, Wis.; Shirly Montrey, Edgar Springs; Ollie Stevenson and wife, Peggy, Canton, Ohio; Eric Stevenson and wife, Desirea, Lake Alfred, Fla.; Andrea Stevenson, Canton; and Kathryn “Punky” Sawyer and husband, Eric, Canton; 47 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces; nephews; extended family and friends.
Preceding her in death were her parents; husbands, Emerson York and Jay Hayes; son, Fred York; granddaughter, Wendy Montrey; great-granddaughter, Hannah Sawyer; sisters, Stella Fipps, Rosa Lay, Cora Ledbetter, Virginia “Virgie” Wofford and Merle Harris; and brothers, Angus, Delmar, Ed and Fred Fipps.
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