Wilma Ruby Hays was born April 25, 1923 in Missouri to Floyd George Shurtleff and Ruby Margaret Overton Shurtleff who preceded her in death.
Wilma was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Marshall Hays. She is survived by daughters, Patricia Knight and her husband B.J. of Moore, Oklahoma; Claudia Sherrill and husband Alan of Leander, Texas; Mary Bridges and her husband Dr. Robert of Riverside, California; and Cecilia Ryhal of Edmond, Oklahoma.
She also leaves grandchildren Vic Malone and wife Valeeda of Oklahoma City; Dawn Henry and husband Phil of Moore, Oklahoma; Thomas Sherrill of Leander, Texas; Stephanie Huerta and husband Hector of Georgetown, Texas; Amanda Ranallo and husband Keith of Claremore, Oklahoma; Chris Ryhal of Coweta, Oklahoma as well as eleven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Wilma passed away peacefully on November 9, 2019 in Oklahoma City. Burial was in Tulsa, Oklahoma next to her husband at Calvary Cemetery.