08-William Hays Smith
Birth: 28 May 1894, Stafford Co, KS
Death: 10 Sep 1950, Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS- age 56
Burial: Ness City, Ness Co, KS
Home: KS
Occupation: Teacher, SSN: 491-32-5289/MO
Mother: Nancy Maude "Nannie" Hays

Marriage: 28 Nov 1917, Alden, Rice Co, KS
Spouse: Zetta Pearl CONLEY
Birth: 18 Jan 1898, Alden, Rice Co, KS
Home: @ death was Ness City/Co, KS
Death: 13 Mar 1992, Denver, Adams? Co, CO- age 94
Occupation: SSN: 515-32-4031/KS
Father: Robert A "Bert" Conley
Mother: Carrie Loop

     CHILDREN: William and Zetta Pearl had five children:
09----MARGARET HELEN SMITH [b. & d. 7 Mar 1920, Sterling, Rice Co, KS];

09----WILLIAM HAYS JR SMITH [b. 8 Jun 1921, Sterling, Rice Co, KS; d. 26 Dec 1994, Denver, Adams Co, CO- age 73], SSN: 510-14-9736/IL, m. 1st. Phyllis Dawn DAVID on 7 Jun 1958, Raton, Colfax Co, NM; m. 2nd Roberta E YOUNG on 24 Nov 1962, Walsenburg, Nuerfano Co, CO; m. 3rd Shirley M STARKEY on 8 Dec 1966, Denver, CO;
     Bill was a State Farm Insurance agent 37 years. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered at his home. A memorial stone is in the Ness City Cemetery. He was the father of Andrew Hays Smith.

09----RICHARD HENRY SMITH [b. 12 Feb 1925, Sterling, Rice Co, KS], m. Laverne FUNK on 6 Jun 1948, Dighton, Lane Co, KS;
09----ROBERT CHARLES "BOB" SMITH [b. 12 Feb 1925, Sterling, Rice Co, KS; d. 12 Oct 2007, Overland Park, KS- age 82, bur. Utica Cemetery], m. Inez Elizabeth MITTEN [b. 21 Feb 1928, Utica, Ness Co, KS] on 7 Nov 1948, Utica?; and

09----BETTY JO SMITH [b. 7 Oct 1935, Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS], m. 1st Charles Arthur WEBER [b. 18 Sep 1936, Wakee, Trego Co, KS] on 21 Aug 1955, Cimmaron, Gray Co, KS; m. 2nd Donald F CLOUSTON [b. 20 Jun 1933, Ranson, Ness Co, KS] on 24 May 1995, Meridian, Jefferson Co, KS.

     1950 OBITUARY: Hays (Sr) was the son of Nancy "Maud" (Hays) and William "Henry" Smith. He married "Pearl" (Conley) 11-28-1917 in Alden, Rice Co, Kansas. He taught school for 12 years in various places in Kansas. In 1930, he became a postal clerk in Ness City and worked there until his death. He was the father of William "Bill" Hays, Jr, the twins Robert "Bob" and Richard "Dick," and Betty Jo Smith.
     He was predeceased by his father, mother, one sister and three brothers.
     Survivors include three sons, Bill of Jetmore, Bob and Dick both of Dighton, and one daughter Betty Jo of the home; two brothers Isaac of Laverne, OK, and Claude of Denver, CO; one sister, Mrs Ernest Powell of Alden, and a number of nieces and nephews.
     He received his education in the Alden schools and at Fort Hays State College. He was a veteran of WWI.
     Funeral services were held at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, with Rev Henry Jongema officiating. Interment in the Ness City cemetery.

     CENSUS:
     1920 Valley, Rice Co, KS census: has (both b. KS) Wm H Smith 25, Farmer-General Farm; and Pearl Smith 22.
     1925 Chase, Kansas State census: has (all b. KS) Hays Smith 30, Teacher; Pearl Smith 28; Wm H Smith 3; Robt C Smith 7w; and Richard H Smith 7w.
     1930 Ness City, Ness Co, KS census: has (all b. KS) Hays W Smith 35, Clerk-Post Office; Pearl Smith 32; William H Smith 8; Robert C Smith 5; and Richard H Smith 5.
     1940 Ness City, Ness Co, KS census: has (all b. KS) William H Smith 45, Clerk-Local Post Office; Zetta Pearl Smith 44; William H Smith 18; Robert Charles Smith 15; Richard Henry Smith 15; Betty Jo Smith 4; and Reta A Clouston 18 (Lodger), Stenographer-Law Office.

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