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Submitted: 10/14/19 • Approved: 1/18/21 • Last Updated: 1/21/21 • R214231-G0-S3
World War II
December 31, 1911 - January 16, 1961
Parents
Louis Gould Hafley
1876–1938
Ola Etta Walker Hafley
1884–1968
Spouse
Mary Julia Zedlitz Walston
1917–2004 (m. 1933)
Siblings
Infant Hafley
1907–1907
Rufus Columbus Hafley
1908–1986
Eula Fay Hafley Sadler
1914–1981
Velma Doretha Hafley Gaston
1917–1990
Emma Louise Hafley Wilson
1920–1968
Florence Lillian Hafley Anderson
1924–2004
Children
John Lewis Hafley
1936–2014
Obituary
Lewis T. Hafley Rites In Gause
Lewis T. Hafley of Gause succumbed from a heart attack shortly after entering a Hearne hospital Monday evening. Mr. Hafley had been recuperating at home for one week from a previous attack when he became ill and was rushed to the hospital.
Mr. Hafley was 49 years old on December 31, 1960, having been been in Gause on December 31, 1911. He was a carpenter for the Alcoa Plant at Rockdale.
FUNERAL services were held from the Gause Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mr. Brown of Rockdale officiating.
Burial followed in the Gause Cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers: G. R. Varner, Rip Woods, N. A. Romine, Bill Gause, Joe Moore and Bob Orr.
Mr. Hafley is survived by three sons, Floyd Hafley of Orchard, Don and John Hafley of Gause; a daughter, Miss Norma Hafley, of Gause; one grandchild, Sandra Kay Hafley, of Orchard; his mother, Mrs. Ola Hafley, of Gause; a brother, Rufus Hafley, of Gause; and four sisters, Mrs. S. G. Gaston of Bryan, Mrs. W. D. Sadler, Mrs. J. B. Wilson and Mrs. N. D. Anderson, all of Houston.
The Hearne Democrat (Hearne, Texas), 20 Jan 1961, Fri. Page 1
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