Finola Margaret Hayes

Born: May 12, 1943

Died: January 14, 2021

Finola Margaret Hayes beloved sister, spouse, mother and grandmother went to join the Lord on January 14, 2021. She was surrounded by family at home in Costa Mesa, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents Margaret Madden and Michael Madden. She is survived by her sisters and spouses Maureen and Roger, Deirdre and Keith, Patricia and Robin, brother and spouse Michael and Elaine, her spouse James, her children Peter and spouse Lisa, Jacqueline and fiancé Greg, Suzanne and spouse James, John and spouse Rebecca, grandchildren Devin and fiancé Melissa, Keagan, Colin, Madeline, Hayden, Quentin, Catalina, William and Lucas, nephews and nieces Paul and spouse Jane, Lorraine and spouse Alan, David and spouse Caroline, Anthony and fiancé Marianna, Mark and spouse Masa, Michelle and spouse David, Robert and spouse Claire, Andrew and spouse Catherine, and Christian.

Finola was born in London, England during World War II on May 12, 1943. She spent her formative years with her sisters and brother attending St. Peter’s catholic school and enjoyed life in a devout Irish Catholic family. After she left school she took a job with British Road Service in 1963.

Around this time she was part of a catholic youth club. This is where she met James Hayes and also had the opportunity to go with the club to visit Lourdes, France to see St. Bernadette. This had a lasting effect on her as this was her favorite saint that she prayed to often. On August 28, 1965 she was engaged to James and on July 16, 1966 she married James Hayes at St. Charles Borromeo church in London. In 1968 James & Finola moved to High Wycombe where they lived until 1979. While living in High Wycombe they had Peter, Jacqueline, Suzanne & John.

In 1979 she embarked on a journey with her family that would take her to California, USA. She moved to Costa Mesa, CA where James’ parents lived and started the next chapter of her life. She worked for Dr. Halloran in his billing department for several years before working at Pacific Bank in the Escrow division and then owned her own company Bache Services from 1991 through 2010.

During retirement Finola enjoyed spending her time with family in California and also spending several summers in England, France and Ireland with her sisters, brother, her cousins Margaret (O'Toole) and Richard Murphy, Anita (O'Toole) and John Garry, nieces, nephews, great nephews, and great nieces. Finola’s greatest devotion was to the Lord, she prayed and attended mass daily. Her other greatest devotion was to family. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren as much as possible. Her weekends were filled with visits from her children and grandchildren or traveling to see them participate in various sporting or school events.

Finola had an impact on many lives during her 77 years. Her love, unyielding faith and complete devotion to the Lord and her family will live on in those that she leaves behind.