Obituary: Donald Lloyd Hays Jr., 70, Boston
Donald Lloyd Hays Jr., 70, of Boston, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at his home. He was born June 6, 1949, in Flint, Mich., to the late Clara Marie Williams and Donald Lloyd Hays Sr. He was a retired employee of General Electric where he was a maintenance machinist, millwright, and electrician. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a former professor of Industrial Hydraulics at GE and University of Louisville. He was the operator of Broken Arrow Band in the 1980’s and was the operator of the Marion County Rock Festival in the 1970’s. He was an honest, interesting, charitable, and inspirational Godly man, and was a firm practitioner of chivalry. He loved the outdoors, the land, and animals.
He is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Carmen Gnadinger Hays; one daughter, Stephanie Lynn (Timothy) O’Brien of Shepherdsville; two sisters, Kathy Hays of Shepherdsville and Joy (Gary) Herb of Louisville; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
The family followed his wishes of cremation. There will be no public services.
The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contribution to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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