Rosemary Hayward

Rosemary Hayward was born on November 4, 1928 to Helen and Frank Herman. Mom had 2 brothers, Jim and William (Bill). She was raised in Genoa, Ohio. Mom went into nursing school in 1947 and graduated in 1950 from Mercy Hospital in Toledo, OH. She then came out to California to pursue a job at Methodist Hospital, where she met our father, Erine Hayward, by taking care of him in the hospital. She then went back home to Ohio and my dad went after her. They were married in 1953 in Genoa, OH at the church she attended growing up. Erine and Rosemary then came back to California, and mom started working at Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte, CA. Mom was a RN, she worked in so many different areas of the hospital and manor. Mom was such an inspiration to so many of her fellow nurses. Mom retired from Santa Teresita after 36 years of service. Mom then kept herself busy with volunteering at the Senior Center, working the nurse station at Immaculate Conception Fiesta, playing with grandchildren, she played basketball, made cookies, played Lego's, got in the mud. Whatever the grand kids wanted she did. Mom has a big heart and a smile that was truly amazing. Mom has 6 children, Terry Hayward (Tucson, AZ), Bruce Hayward (Deceased), Michael Hayward and his wife, Jennifer (Upland, CA), Timi Hayward and his wife, Mary (Rancho Cucamonga, CA), Thomas Hayward and his wife, Nancy (Claremont, CA), and Sharon York and her husband, Gale (Summerset, SD). Mom was blessed with 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and she Loved them all. In mom's last years she resided at Sunlit Gardens in Alta Loma. Mom was surrounded by her loving family when she left this world to go back home to God. There mom was met by our father, Erine, her parents, our brother, Bruce, and mom's brothers, Jim and Bill.

Arrangements are under the direction of Douglass & Zook Funeral and Cremation Services, Monrovia, California.