Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hayes, Frances Jane (Stone) 1913
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Lyons Herald, 23 Oct 1913

Frances Jane Hayes, daughter of Darius and Mahala Stone was born at 
Orangeville, N.Y., the 23rd day of September, 1834, and departed this life 
October 12th, 1913.  She was the eldest of seven brothers and sisters, who have 
all preceded her to the Great Beyond.

In 1846 she came with her parents to Ionia county, Michigan, and settled on a 
farm of some four hundred acres in its primeval state, her old homestead being 
located on the farm now owned and occupied by Darius Stone.  April 18th, 1853 
she was married to George J. Hayes, son of Hector and Lucinda Hayes, pioneers 
of 18?6.  Soon after their marriage they began the battle of life on section 
eleven, Ionia township, less than a mile from her girlhood home.  Here by their 
united efforts a model farm was developed and fine buildings erected, and when 
in 1906, after fifty-three continuous years of farm life, they moved to the 
village of Muir, they left, as a result of their labors, one of the most 
beautiful homes in Ionia county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were born two 
daughters, Lizzie S., wife of L.N. Olmsted, and May L., wife of John Wheelock, 
now of Rock Ford, Colorado, both of whom survive to mourn the loss of a devoted 
mother.

Mrs. Hayes, early in life, Feb. 1st, 1857, united with the Church of Christ at 
Muir under the pastorate of Rev. Isaac Errett and continued throughout years of 
trial and suffering to be a devout and devoted Christian.

July 11th, 1897, she was stricken with paralysis and for more than sixteen 
years, has this patient woman’s life been prolonged by loving hands and the 
best of care.  She was ever a devoted wife and affectionate mother, cheerful 
throughout the long years of her invalidism, even in that great sorrow brought 
to her by the sudden death on November 6th, 1908, of him who for more than 
fifty-five years had been her constant companion and faithful husband, and who 
for the last eleven years of his life, had been to her both nurse and husband.  
Her’s was a life filled with pain and suffering, borne with patience and 
fortitude, and she has passed to that reward which she so richly deserves, a 
home with Christ.


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