LINDA LURLINE HAYES

WARWICK, RI- Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada for Linda Lurline (Ford) Hayes, 65, Warwick, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., who died Monday, May 27, 2019, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Burial will be in Sheldon (Mo) Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Clayton; daughter, Lara Hayes and son-in-law, Dominic Molon; son, Nicholas Hayes and son-in-law, Andrew Breen; her grandson, John Molon; brothers, Michael Ford and John Ford and wife Shiela and numerous aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Lurline Ford.

Mrs. Hayes was born July 2, 1953, in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., to John Donald and Lurline (Lindley) Ford. She married Clayton Charles Hayes on Aug. 27, 1972, in Stockton, Mo.

Mrs. Hayes and her brothers were reared by their mother and grandparents in Sheldon. She was baptized at and long time member of the Sheldon Christian Church. After graduating as valedictorian from Sheldon High School in 1971, she had a decades long career as a registered nurse. She worked at many hospitals and retired from Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo. in 2008.

Lifelong learning was one of her core values and in her 40s/50s she completed a BA in History and an MA in Public Administration from the University of Missouri. After she retired she would continue to learn by taking classes through the OLLI at the University of Missouri and University of Rhode Island.

She and her husband lived by the motto, “Do as much as you can for as long as you can” as evidenced by her devotion to Mizzou Women’s Athletics. She also kept to this motto throughout her life through planning adventures for her husband, children and grandson.

She was committed to making the world better and more equitable. She was a supporter of the Girl Scouts, an advocate for the ERA and a founding member of the Center Project in Columbia, Mo.