William Herbert Hayward
William Herbert Hayward, 97, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Northbrook Manor Care
Center, Cedar Rapids. Burial will be at a later date at West Grove Cemetery,
Portland, Indiana.
Survivors incluse his sons, William
Harvey (Rosalee) Hayward of Lafayette, Indiana, Gerald (Janice)Hayward of
Charleston, South Carolina, and Kenneth (Steve) Hayward of Marion;
sisters-in-law, Beverly Steffen of Fresno, California, and Marga Hayward of
O'Fallon, Illinois; ten grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren.
William was born June 5, 1917, in Morocca, Indiana, the son of Moses and
Geneva (Cressy) Hayward. During high school he joined the Civilian
Conservation Corps and went to work digging irrigation ditches to help
support his family. This service led him to join the US Army Air Corps where
he served in WWII during the China-BurmaInda Theater (CBI), earning an
honorable discharge as a technical sergeant.
On April 7,
1946, he married Wanda Engle in Kendallville, Indiana. After his military
service, William worked in manufacturing jobs most notably on the assembly
line at the Studebaker plant in South Bend, Indiana. He then worked many
years as a custodiam for the South Bend and Indianapolis Public School
Systems, retiring in 1980.
Though retired, he continued
to stay busy by joining the amateur archaeology club in Indianapolis which
led to a job building dioramas for the Indiana History Museum. William and
Wanda eventually moved to Iowa. She died in 2013. William enjoyed the
activities, especially bingo at the care center.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; his wife; two sons, Larry and Curtis; four brothers;
and a sister.
Graveside services will be held on Sunday, July 28,
2015 at 11 a.m. in the West Grove Cemetery, west of Bryant, Indiana.
Arrangements by Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home in Portland, Indiana