- Date Of Birth: June 30, 1928
- Date Of Death: November 17, 2019
- State: Colorado
Stuart Hayes was born June 30, 1928 at Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, New Jersey and died on November 17, 2019 at the Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Home in Denver, CO. His parents were John Fleming Hayes (1888-1958) and Anna Martha Cecille Tschudi (1902-2003). He and Louise Day Baldwin eloped on June 8, 1951 and were married in Baltimore, Maryland. After 57 years of marriage, Louise died on October 1, 2008 in New Jersey. Throughout his life, Stuart only had eyes for “his girl” and even after she died, she was never far from his mind. Stuart relocated to Colorado about a year later.
Stuart and Louise had five children: Priscilla Ellen, John Baldwin, Deborah Louise, Matthew Stuart, and David Andrew. Stuart had sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He also had two sisters, Nancy Jean (b. 1930) and Elizabeth Anne (b. 1938) and a half-brother, Kenneth Victor Hayes (b. 1913). Nancy survives him and presently lives in Austria.
Stuart graduated from North Plainfield High School in the Class of 1946. In High School, he was very active, being a member of the Tunlaw school newspaper, the Forum Club (debate team), and Le Circle Francais (French club), as well as playing the tuba in the band and running track. It was as a member of the track team that he met a younger schoolmate, Barney Engeseth, with whom he developed a lifelong friendship.
Stuart attended Princeton University and graduated in the Class of 1950 with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics. At Princeton, he became a Christian believer and was a member of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship.
