Obituaries

For full obituaries, see the Weekly Pages section for this weeks paper.

Majorie Howland

Earl Ludwig Utke

Lewis E. Pittman

Harold M. Brownell

David L. Messinger

Claudia Luebbers

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A mass of Christian burial for O. Wayne Hay, 83, will be Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tekoa. Father David Kuttner will officiate. Burial will follow at Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa. A United States Army unit will provide military honors at the graveside service. Mr. Hay died Aug. 26, 2014, at his home in Yuma, Ariz.

Born Oral Wayne Hay May 17, 1931, at Tekoa, to Everett C. and Velma Waugh Hay, he attended schools in Tekoa and graduated from Tekoa High School in 1950. Wayne then attended Whitman College in Walla Walla where he received a degree in elementary education. While at Whitman College, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Wayne then enlisted in the United State Army and served during the Korean War. He was discharged as a sergeant in September of 1953. Following his service, he returned to Tekoa.

Wayne taught school in Orofino, Idaho, for five years. In 1958, he returned to Tekoa where he started farming with his father. He worked for the family business until retiring from farming in 1992. Wayne had worked as a grain dealer, managed the Tekoa Building Supply for several years and managed the Hay Apartments in Tekoa for 23 years.

Wayne’s hobbies included fishing and traveling. He had traveled in more than 30 countries during his lifetime. He had spent winters in Arizona for many years.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tekoa, and a Veteran of the Korean War. He was never married.

Survivors include his brother Dan Hay of Tekoa and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial gifts may be given to Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa.

Kramer Funeral Home of Tekoa is handling the arrangements.