Louise Hayden

LOUISE HAYDEN March 2, 1930 - June 16, 2016 Edna Louise Hayden was born on the family farm near Oakville, Oregon. She was the third of four children born to Robert Climson Davis and Mary Evalena Davis. She attended a small one-room schoolhouse and graduated from Shedd High School. While attending Oregon College of Education in Monmouth, she began dating her future husband, Alvin Hayden. They were married December 28, 1947 in a double ceremony with her sister, Dorothy and her husband, Charles Lemmer. They returned to Monmouth to complete their educations. After one year teaching in Cave Junction, Oregon, the young couple moved to a farm not far from Corvallis where Alvin began his career serving as a teacher and principal for over 30 years. Louise became a homemaker and together with Alvin, raised five children on the farm and later in Corvallis. The family spent summers camping and fishing in central Oregon, after surviving the first trip with car trouble, bad water and leeches. A favorite location was the back side of Cultus Lake in the high Cascades. Summer was also the time for gardening and canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. Louise grew her own food until just before she died and often shared fresh vegetables and berries with her friends and neighbors. Al and Louise epitomized good neighbors, assisting others with home and gardening projects. They were longtime members of the First Christian Church, serving as deacon and deaconess. Louise also taught Sunday School and enjoyed working with a group of women, creating baby quilts for fundraisers during the arts festivals in town. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1997. Louise is survived by her brother George Davis (Donna), daughters Linda Hayden, Charlene Thompson (Larry), and Beverly Wallace (Robert) and sons Ron Hayden (Doralee), and Leonard Hayden (Darlene). She is also survived by grandchildren: Michael, Jenny, Jeff, Lisa, Anna, Stephanie, Kevin, Aurora and Cooper, and great grandchildren: Brittany, Destany, Darik, Darren, Kelsey and Isabel. Louise was preceded in death by husband Alvin Hayden, grandson Bradley Hayden, and sisters Marjorie Lee (Robert) and Dorothy Lemmer (Charles).

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Louise Hayden

March 2, 1930 - June 16, 2016