Marie Elise Theune Hayes, 87, of Winchester, Virginia, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center.

         Mrs. Hayes was born in 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Karl and Ottilie Theune.  She was a retired Private Home Health Care nurse.  Mrs. Hayes was a graduate of the University of Maryland and a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Marie was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many. She will be forever remembered for her love of her family, her church, caring for others and volunteering whenever possible. Marie will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

         She married Thomas Walter Hayes in 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Hayes preceded her in death in 1964.

         Surviving are her daughters, Linda Marie Bunch of Winchester, Martha Louise Thompson of Berkeley Springs, WV; sons, Stephen Thomas Hayes of Columbia, AL, Phillip Allen Hayes and wife, Lauren, of Tampa, FL, Roger William Hayes and wife, Carla Ann, of Garfield, AK; 8 grandchildren; and 5 great grandchildren.

         One daughter, Margaret Ann Shunk and three brothers, Adelbert, Hans and Ehrhardt Theune, preceded her in death.

         Services with Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel will be private.