Individual Details
Louis Gerhard Hayen
(20 Oct 1908 - 23 Dec 1987)
Events
| Birth | 20 Oct 1908 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1938 | Irene Frances Marie Bodeker | |||
| Death | 23 Dec 1987 | Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Irene Frances Marie Bodeker (1913 - 1981) |
| Father | Johann Henrich "John" Hayen (1878 - 1968) |
| Mother | Gesine Maria Rickels (1880 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Henry Hayen (1901 - 1981) |
Notes
Death
Anamosa Eureka...Dec 1987Louie Hayen
Funeral services for Louie Hayen, 79, of Amber were held Saturday at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church in rural Monticello. The Rev. Gary Hatcher officiated with burial in the Oakwood Cemetery.
Louie Hayen died December 23 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.
He was born Oct 20th, 1908 in Wayne Township, the son of John and Gesine Rickels Hayen. He was educated in the rural schools of Wayne Township and later operated a cream route in Jones County.
On January 21, 1938 he and Irene Bodeker were married at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Monticello. The couple lived in the Amber and Wayne Township area most of their married life, farming for a brief time near Center Junction.
He operated a sandpit near Olin for several years and also did custom baling for farmers in Jones County. In 1964 he went to work for Collins Radio and worked there until 1966.
He was a lifelong member of Wayne Zion, where he was baptized and later confirmed in 1922. He was a member of the Amber Community Club.
Survivors include his son Robert, of Seffner, FL; two daughters, Marilou Vernon and Marlene Siebels, both of Anamosa; 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two great-granddaughters and a sister, Hannah Behrends of Anamosa. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and two brothers.
Pallbearers were Virgil Behrends, Dean Hayen, Galen Englebart, Larry Herren, Gerald Bodeker and Gary Rickels. Goettsch Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.