Obituary of Dr. Woodward Hays

April 1930 - Albion April 20, 1930—Woodward Hays, 47, a prominent physician of Noble county, was found dead in his home at 6 o’clock this a.m. by his sister, Miss Olive Hays with whom he had made his home here. His death was termed as accidental through self-administration of an overdose of medicine, according to H. P. Shew, county coroner, who conducted an inquest in the case today.

County coroner Shew said that Dr. Hays h ad been accustomed to the use of drugs for some time and that no reasons could be set forth for a suicide theory. Miss Hays told the coroner that when she left the home Sat night at 9:30, the doctor was lying on his bed fully attired. When she returned this morning he was still lying on his bed and had been dead for some time. Dr. Hays was born in Albion. After graduating from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, he returned here, where he began practicing medicine with his father, Dr. John W. Hays. His father has been dead for several years. Dr. Hays was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Noble County Medical Association and the Albion Methodist church. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Olive Hays, and Mrs. Edna Kopezyinski, of Boston, Mass., and two children at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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