HAYSVILLE, KS: Ruth Eileen (McKinley Peters) Hays, age 87, (b. Aug. 1, 1918, Wellington, KS) retired Cessna employee, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. Memorial service 4 p.m. Saturday, Smith Mortuary, Haysville. Survivors: husband, Arthur Neil; children, Patricia Castillo, Wichita, Donna Jay, Wichita, Johnny Hays, Lawrenceburg, TN, Judy Feliciano, Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established with First Baptist Church, 125 S. Delos, Haysville, KS 67060. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com. Arrangements by Smith Mortuary, Haysville. Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/6/2006. Ruth is the wife of Arthur Neil Hays. {Neil is the son of Jewel Keene Hays and Bryan Hays (both deceased of Hutchinson Mountain, Independence County, AR) and the grandson of Nellie Vaulner Keene Hays and Charles Keene (both deceased of Hutchinson Mountain, Independence County, AR) and the step-grandson of Arthur Hays (deceased of Hutchinson Mountain, Independence County, AR) and the great-grandson of Benjamin and Mary Ellen (Lassiter) Vaulner (both deceased of Hutchinson Mountain, Independence County, AR).} Ruth was born on August 1, 1918 in Wellington, KS to William Allen and Thelma (Galbraith) McKinley. She married Arthur Neil Hays on June 2, 1953 in Harrison, AR. Ruth is the sister-in-law to Jimmy and Betty Hays (living) of Batesville, AR and Kenneth and Norma Hays (living) of Verdon, NE. Vaulner Family Website: www.vaulner.familymoment.com Graves Family Website: www.gilbertgraves.familymoment.com