Allen E. '"Gene" Hayden.....82

The family will receive friends from 2pm to 4pm at the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home 2800 N. Van Buren Enid, Oklahoma phone (580) 233-1400

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SERVICES 2pm Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Funeral services will be held at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home, Osawatomie, KS. 2pm Friday, Dec. 7, 2012.

BURIAL: will follow in Osawatomie Cemetery

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Allen E. “Gene” Hayden age 82, of Enid, Oklahoma formerly of Osawatomie died November 30, 2012 at the Enid Senior Care in Enid, Ok.

Gene was born May 9, 1930 in Osawatomie to William Wallace Hayden and Rachel Inez (Graves) Hayden

He attended school in Osawatomie and graduated in the class of 1950.


On September 5, 1950 he was united in marriage to Rita Faye Cortner, they became the parents of four children, Jeff, Cathy, Mark and Elaine.

Gene worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad as a switchman and a brakeman. He then later went to work for Bankers Life and Casualty Insurance Company until he became an independent agent and retired in the 1980’s.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, football, golfing, being on the computer, telling stories and jokes, spending time with his family and friends and making everyone crack up with his wonderful sense of humor.

He was preceded in death by his parents, ten brothers and sisters, a daughter Elaine Marie Hoeltzel and a granddaughter Laura Dawn Hoeltzel.

He is survived by his wife Rita of sixty-two years, a son Jeff and wife Paula Hayden of Albuquerque, NM, a daughter Cathy Wright and husband Elmer of Butler, MO and a son Mark and wife Deborah Hayden of Bell Vista, Arkansas, seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren, neeces , nephews, and a host of friends.