Hays, Viola Claudean August 18, 1935 - August 15, 2013

Claudean (Davis) Hays of El Dorado Springs, Missouri passed away at the age of 77, on August 15, 2013 at the Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri after a short illness. She was born in Cedar Springs, Missouri on August 18, 1935 to Johnnie and Ida Davis and lived all of her life in Cedar County, Missouri. She married Gene Hays in Stockton, Missouri on January 23, 1954. She was a housewife and mother all of her life. Claudean was preceded in death by her parents, Johnnie and Ida Davis; brothers, Cecil Davis, Charlie Davis, who was killed in WWII; a sister, Minnie Ellen Gilpin; and also an infant son, Billy Dean Hays. She is survived by her husband, Gene Hays, of the home; a son, Danny Hays of El Dorado Springs, Missouri; sister-in-law, Ruby McConnaughey of El Dorado Springs, Missouri; brothers-in-law, Glen Hays and wife, Alberta, of Walker, Missouri, Bobby Scotten of Harwood, Missouri, Steve Spencer of Osceola, Missouri, Rhiny Morerod of Hull, Illinois; and other nieces, nephews, family and friends. Claudean’s dog, Bear, will miss her as well.