Richard E. Hayes

Richard Hayes WEST LIBERTY, Iowa - Richard E. Hayes, 46, died on Monday, May 13, 2013, at home in West Liberty after a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the St. Joseph Church, West Liberty. Visitation will be from 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the church. The Henderson Barker Funeral Home of West Liberty is in charge of the arrangements. Richard was born on October 24, 1966, in Boone, the son of Richard L and Juanita Mitchell Hayes. He graduated from Boone Jr. - Sr. High School in 1985 and earned his PhD in psychology from the University of N.C. in 2007. He married Traci J. Morrison on June 20, 1992, in Boone. Survivors include his wife, Traci Hayes of West Liberty; children, Carrie (Tiffany) Overturf of North Liberty and her siblings, Chasiti and Troy Halvorsen, also of North Liberty, Ashlie (Travis) Beltz of Cedar Rapids, and Ty Hayes of West Liberty; he and Traci's extended family of children and grandchildren, including Josh Roszell of West Liberty, Cathy Lambert and her daughter, Alexis Blakey, and Brenna Prosser and her children, Mikkayla and Makennah Prosser. He is also survi...[more]

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by his father, Richard L. Hayes of Boone, and his best friend, Bill (Kris) Dawkins of North Liberty. His mother preceded him in death.