Lorenzo C. Hayes

CHESTERTOWN -- Lorenzo C. Hayes, 93, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at Stanton Nursing Center in Queensbury.

Born Nov. 13, 1911, in Brant Lake, he was the son of the late Jared and Pearl (Balch) Hayes.

Mr. Hayes was a self-employed excavating contractor for 50 years. He was employed as a logging foreman in the Adirondacks for 12 years, before starting his own business.

He lived in Chestertown for 60 years. He was a member of the Brant Lake Wesleyan Church and attended services at Faith Bible Church in Chestertown.

Besides being a devoted husband and father, he will be remembered as an honest and hardworking man.

He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Helen Gregory Hayes, whom he married April 4, 1941, and passed away on Oct. 2, 1994. He was also predeceased by one brother, Leon Hayes; and one sister, Lena Mae Randlett.

Survivors include one son, Bradford Hayes and his wife, Claudia, of Chestertown; three brothers: Lester Hayes and his wife, Doris, of Brant Lake, Edgar Hayes of Brant Lake, and Ray Hayes of Brant Lake; one sister, Leta Hayes of Warrensburg; two grandchildren, Norman Hayes and his fianceé, Georgene, of Chestertown, Kimberly Hayes-Borden and her husband, Eric, of Saratoga Springs; one great-grandson, Ethan Lorenzo Hayes; one niece, and many nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, March 14, at Faith Bible Church, Foster Flats Road, Chestertown, with the Rev. Roger Richards officiating.

Interment will be at Brant Lake Cemetery, Brant Lake.

Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Barton-McDermott Funeral Home, Inc., 9 Pine St., Chestertown.

Memorials may be made to Faith Bible Church, P.O. Box 375, Chestertown, NY 12817 or North Warren Emergency Squad, P.O. Box 323, Chestertown, NY 12817.