Blaine C. Hayes

INTERMENT: Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.

There will be Graveside Services Friday, April 21, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.

The family will receive friends for lunch at the Glenwood American Legion following the graveside services.

Blaine C. Hayes, age 84, was born June 19, 1921 in Glenwood to Edwin and Manila (Hanks) Hayes. He attended school in Glenwood and Council Bluffs, Iowa. After World War II, he attended Milo Bennett School in Indiana to study linotype.

He served in the Iowa National Guard and was called to active duty with the U.S. Army before Pearl Harbor. He was captured in North Africa and spent 801 days as Prisoner of War and was honorably discharged in 1945.

Blaine married Alice L. Haley on Nov. 30, 1947 in Glenwood. He worked in Maxwell and Glenwood for local newspapers. He was then hired by Ray Lanyon to work at the Daily Times-Call in 1952. He worked first as a linotype operator and retired as vice president of production in 1986.

Blaine and his wife moved to Longmont, CO in December 1952 from Glenwood, Iowa. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Longmont CO. He was also a member of the Glenwood Masonic Lodge #58 for over 50 years, the Rocky Mountain Consistory, El Jebel Shrine, John Harold Buckley Post 32, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and the Longmont Shrine Club. He was former member of M & M Dance Club. Blaine and Alice spent 13 winters in Arizona and enjoyed golf, gardening and jazz music.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a son-in-law, Larry Kraemer; one brother and one sister. He is survived by his wife, Alice of Longmont, CO; a daughter, Christine Kraemer of Longmont, CO; one aunt and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation:Tuesday, April 18, 2006
2:00 PM
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Service:Friday, April 21, 2006
11:00 AM
1105 N Locust
Glenwood, Ia51534