Laura Ellen Haynes, 94, of Omaha died Monday, July 14, 1997 at the Community Care America at Ashland, Neb.

Services were Aug. 7, 1997 at Kremer Funeral Hone, to accommodate delays necessary for two of her children who were traveling in Europe. Her cremains will be interned at the Pierce Chapel Cemetery near Clarks, Neb.

Haynes was born Sept. 30, 1902 in Belvidere, Tenn. to Minnie (nee Umbaugh) Minerva and William Henry Bishop. She attended school in Tennessee and graduated from high school in Wincheter, Tenn. in 1923. On Feb. 11, 1928, she married Everett (E.M.) Montgomery Haynes in Belvidere. They made their first home in Merrick County, Neb. for 17 years and then moved close to Fontanelle. They moved southeast of Blair in 1949 and then to Omaha in 1975.

She is survived by one son, Laverne; two daughters, Mary Miller and Lois Wernimont, all of Omaha; five granddaughters; one grandson; seven great-grandsons; and two great-granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett on March 26, 1989; her parents; one daughter in infancy; two brothers and one sister.

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