Fern J. Hays

      Fern J. Hays, 101, of Washington died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007 in the Washington County Hospital following a brief illness.

      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21 in the United Methodist Church in Washington with the Rev. Julie Poulsen officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Thursday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Washington County Hospital Foundation, Halcyon House or the United Methodist Church.

      Mrs. Hays was born Dec. 7, 1905, in Bloomington, Ind., the daughter of Morton and Flora (Hall) Deckard. She married Elmer Hays on April 18, 1922, in Nashville, Ind.