Friday services set for Dee Ann Hayward, Sunday school teacher, killed in tornado

(The following obituary is taken from the Derfelt Funeral Home website.)

Dee Ann Hayward, age 47, 302 E 22nd St, died Sunday evening, May 22, 2011 in the tornado that struck Joplin Missouri.


Dee Ann was born August 25, 1963 in Glendora, California. Her parents were James Robert and Bernice Lee (Brady) Kelly. She had lived in Galena since 1977.

She graduated from Galena High School in 1981. She had worked the past 4 years for Hallmark Card Co maintaining card displays in area Wal Mart Stores. She was a member of Riverton Friends Church, Riverton, KS where she had been a Sunday school teacher. She had traveled to Brazil and Jamaica on different missionary journeys. She loved music and collected several recordings. Dee Ann had a very kind heart, always looking for ways she could help people.

She was married to Jim C. Hayward on May 26, 1984 in Galena, KS. He survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Robert Glen Hayward and Caleb Grant Hayward, one daughter, Christina Gail Hayward, all of the home; her mother, Bernice Kelly, Seneca, MO; two brothers, Michael Brady Kelly, Redding , CA and Kenneth J Kelly, Seneca, MO; one sister Patricia Gail Penn, Nice, CA; and her father-in-law, Jack Hayward, Baxter Springs, KS.

Her father preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Friday June 3, 2011 at the Riverton Friends Church, Riverton KS. Pastor Wes Davis and Truman Brady will officiate. Burial will be in Quaker Hill Cemetery, Riverton, KS.

The family will receive friends from 7:00 -8:00 pm, Thursday, June 2 at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, KS.