Individual Details

Death

[Monticello Express... 5 September 1968, page 14. ]
John Hayen 
Monticello

Funeral services for John Henry Hayen, 90, were held Saturday morning at St. Matthew Lutheran church with the Rev. Anton Kirkegaard officiating. Interment was in Wayne Zion cemetery south of Monticello.

Mr. Hayen died suddenly Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 28, at his home. He was born near Monticello April 11, 1878, the son of John H. and Katherine Harms Hayen. He received his education in the Jones County rural schools.

He married Gesina Marie Rickels March 6, 1900, and they became the parents of four children. She preceded him in death July 30, 1922.

On Oct 7, 1926, he married Anna M. Johnson. Mr. Hayen farmed in Wayne Township for many years. He retired in 1934 and moved to Amber. Four years later they moved to Monticello.

He was also preceded in death by one daughter and five sisters.

Survivors include: his wife, Anna; a daughter, Mrs. Hannah Behrends; three sons, Henry of Scotch Grove, Louie of Amber and Galen of Monticello; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Herman Henry Hayen, Monticello; one sister, Mrs. Meta Hedden of Perry.

Casketbearers were Dean Hayen, Virgil Behrends, Robert Hayen, Keith Vernon, Sylvanus Scholbrock and Ronald Landis.