William Vincent Hays and Marguerite Diefenderfer

---

---

Husband William Vincent Hays ^{1 2 3}

---

           Born: 15 Jul 1895 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1988 - Orange Co, CA
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Hugh M. Hays (1849-1907) 1 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Eleanor "Ella" Riddle (1850-1945) 1 2 4 5 6

---

       Marriage: 30 Jul 1921 - Conneaut, Ashtabula Co, OH 7

---

---

Wife Marguerite Diefenderfer

---

           Born:  - Conneaut, Ashtabula Co, OH
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Augustus Diefenderfer (      -Bef 1943) 8
         Mother: Florence Ball (      -Aft 1943) 8

---

---

Children

---

1 M William Vincent Hays, Jr. ⁸

---

           Born: 30 Jun 1922 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Aug 1925 8
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

---

General Notes: Husband - William Vincent Hays

---

He attended public schools at Lamey, Pennsylvania, and Oil City High School, then became a student at the Pennsylvania State Teachers' College in Edinboro, where he was graduated in 1914. He taught school at the Foster Hill and Hasson Heights schools in Oil City for two years, then became a student at Allegheny College, in Meadville. After a year there, he associated himself with Base Hospital No. 4, serving under Dr. Crile, of Cleveland, Ohio, and was attached to the British Army in France during his two and one-half years of wartime service. Honorably discharged with the rank of first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, he returned to Allegheny College, where he spent one year more. Then he became associated with his brother in the Hays Baking Company, in Oil City, so continuing for two years. On January 1, 1923, he took over the lease of the Young Men's Christian Asso­ciation Cafeteria, which he successfully conducted for many years. The traveling public going through Oil City learned to appreciate the kindly attentiveness of Mr. Hays and those who work under his direction, and they often sought the “Y” when again in the city and desiring a good meal. Many patrons who dropped in casually the first time became consistent boosters for the cafeteria and remain its warm friends. Oil City people, of course, know the cafeteria well and enthusiastically patronize it. In addi­tion to this cafeteria, Mr. Hays operated an institution known as the Club House, which likewise attracts large numbers of Oil City people and outsiders.
He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Young Men's Christian Association, James M. Henderson Post of the American Legion, the Wanango Country Club, and Rouseville Lodge, No. 453, and the Valley of Venango Lodge of Perfection of the Free and Accepted Masons. He belonged also to the First United Presbyterian Church. In leisure time he was fond of golf and other healthful recreations.

CA Death Record: HAYS WILLIAM VINCENT 07/15/1895 RIDDLE M PENNSYLVANIA ORANGE 12/04/1988 179-28-0832

---

General Notes: Wife - Marguerite Diefenderfer

---

She was graduated from Allegheny College in 1920 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She was a member of the Belles Lettres Club, the Wanango Country Club, the American Association of University Women and the First United Presbyterian Church.

Possible SSDI: MARGUERITE D HAYS 26 Nov 1898 30 Jan 2002 103 Corona Del Mar, Orange, CA 92625 (not specified) California 563-68-3438

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 647.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 310.

3 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 18.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 978.

5 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 72.

6 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 100.

7 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 105.

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 311.