Order of Service

 

Family Processional                        

 

Invocation                                                                    Paul Arceneaux  

 

Scripture                                                                         Elaine Moore

Psalm 23

 

Musical Selection                                                                                

 

“My Faith Has Found a Resting Place”

 

Life Sketch                                                                  Paul Arceneaux

 

Pictorial Reflections                                                      Michelle Hayes

                                                                                Michael L. Hayes          Denise Thompson  

Musical Selection                                                                                 

Acknowledgements                                                 Carolyn Arceneaux

 

Personal Reflections (2 minutes each please)                   Michelle Hayes

                                                                                Michael L. Hayes

                                                                                    Thelma Landry

 

Words of Comfort                                                Pastor D.L. Mc Phaull

 

Prayer of Comfort & Benediction                                                                         

 

 

Military Funeral Honors Ceremony

 

2:00 PM

 

Fort Logan National Cemetery

Staging Area A

3698 South Sheridan Blvd

Denver, CO 80235

Life Sketch of Michael Hayes

 

ichael Hayes was born on December 7, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska.  The eldest of three children, Michael grew up in Omaha, and graduated from Omaha North High School in 1967.  At the age of 18, he enlisted in the United States Air Force.  He served in Vietnam and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1975 after eight years of service.

 

After Vietnam, he was stationed at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, where he met Diana Landry at her job at the local Der Wienerschnitzel stand.  They were married on July 18, 1970 and had three children, Michelle, Denise and Michael.  While in the Air Force, Michael, a strong believer in higher education, continued his education and earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of LaVerne.

 

Michael was relocated to Massachusetts by the Ford Motor Company in 1979.  He and the family resided in Massachusetts for 21 years, during which time he served as an executive with Digital Equipment Corporation, and was a director at Lotus/IBM.  Michael’s accomplishments were recognized by many organizations, including the International Who’s Who of Professionals in 1996.  He was a member of The Partnership, Inc. Boston Fellows program and served as Vice President of the Minutemen chapter of the Association for Services Management International (AFSMI).  During his career, Michael earned numerous awards and recognitions.

 

Michael loved sports and enjoyed playing basketball, was passionate about playing golf, and completed three Boston Marathons, including Boston’s 100^th Marathon.  He enjoyed telling jokes, vacationing in Cape Cod with his family, world travel, fine food, jazz, playing cards, and was especially proud of his Mercedes Benz and his Rolex watch.  He wanted people to know “I had a good life.”

 

In 2002, Michael became marketing director at J.D. Edwards and relocated the family to the Denver, Colorado area.  In May of that year Michael suffered a heart attack that eventually forced him to retire.  He enjoyed watching his family grow with the birth of four grandchildren, and the addition of a son-in-law.  Michael was looking forward to another son-in-law, and a daughter-in-law Elaine, who has brought three additional grandchildren to the family.  He endured slowly deteriorating health over the years and eventually succumbed on January 11, 2009.

 

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Life Sketch of Michael Hayes (continued)

 

Michael was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Hayes.  He is survived by Diana, his devoted wife of 38 years; children Michelle Hayes, Denise Thompson and Michael Hayes; grandchildren Ayanna, Mikae, Kailah, and Terrance, De Vondre, Carleje, and Jaun’ Nay; son-in-law Michael Thompson, father Oliver Hayes, brother Marvin Hayes, sister Helen Hayes, mother-in-law Thelma Landry, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, several nieces, nephews, and many other relatives and friends.

 

 

 

Acknowledgment

 

The family of Michael Hayes wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude to relatives and friends for the kind expressions of sympathy, many acts of kindness, thoughts, deeds, and prayers in their time of sorrow.

 

 

Honorary Pallbearers

 

Michael L. Hayes                                                                                 Marvin Hayes

Dawaune Hayes                                                                  Wallace Landry   

DeAndre’ Stallworth                                                            Michael Thompson

DeVondre Turner

 

 

 

Professional Services Entrusted To

 

All Veteran’s Funeral and Cremation

1930 S Havana St
Aurora, CO 80014

 

 

Lunch

 

You are cordially invited to lunch with the family at

 

The Hayes home

22309 Pebble Brook Lane

Parker, CO  80138

(720) 352-3289

 

 

In Loving Memory

 

Of

 

Michael Hayes

 

 

 

                     December 7, 1948   -   January 11, 2009

 

 

Memorial Service

 

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 * 11:00 AM

 

Greater St. John Baptist Church

1312 Uinta Street

Denver, CO