Of Jackson (formerly of Bayonne); on Saturday, February 28, 2009; loving husband of the late Cecilia (nee: O’Donnell); devoted father of Kathleen Hayes-Leight and husband Bob, Mary Ann Aregood and late husband Jack, Richard Hayes and wife Leslie and Robert Hayes and wife Carol; cherished grandfather of Matthew Simberg, Lauren, Conor, Tara, Bobby and Michele Hayes; dear brother of the late Msgr. Denis A. Hayes, Patrick Hayes and Anne Finnerty. Funeral services were held from the WILLIAM KOHOOT Funeral Home. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.