[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H520-H521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         HONORING JOHN HAYWARD

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize John Hayward, a 
lifelong

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resident, family man, community leader, and dear friend who passed 
January 27 at age 86.
  After attending the Old West End's Rosary Cathedral and then 
graduating from Central Catholic High School, where he was senior class 
president, John later graduated from the University of Notre Dame. He 
was then commissioned for duty as a naval navigator aboard the USS 
Independence.
  Later, after graduating from Georgetown Law School, John returned to 
Toledo to practice law with his father and to serve as assistant Lucas 
County prosecutor. He became special counsel on the Kent State 
University cases and then a founding partner in the firm Hayward, 
Cooper, Straub, Walinski & Cramer. In 1981, he joined Shumaker, Loop & 
Kendrick to specialize in healthcare law.
  At 67, John so-called retired from law to become president of Mercy 
College in Toledo.
  John chaired the board of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, as 
well as the Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations.
  After the death of his wife, Mary Beth, he found love again and 
married Jeanie Hayward in 2005.
  To Jeanie and their precious blended family, we extend heartfelt 
condolences and gratitude for the life of John Franklin Hayward. May 
his spirit continue to inspire a new generation of leaders in all walks 
of life.
  Madam Speaker, I include in the Congressional Record the names of 
John's family members, and I thank America for his beautiful life.

       Also surviving are his sisters, Kristi Brewer of Columbus, 
     and Sally (Charles) Marlowe of Toledo; brother, Richard 
     (Patricia) of Toronto, Ontario; children, John P. Hayward 
     (Patricia McCormick) of Perrysburg, Thomas Hayward (Tom 
     Wright) of Lexington, Kentucky, Bridget (John) Kahle of 
     Columbus, and Ethan (Melinda) Hayward of Waterford, Michigan; 
     stepchildren, Michael Bugert (Angie) of Toledo, Kristi 
     DelVerne (James) of Toledo, Gretchen Williams (Ryan) of Prior 
     Lake, Minnesota, and Jennifer Norman (Chad) of Mt. Pleasant, 
     South Carolina; grandchildren, Benjamin (Ashley), and Ian 
     Bonifas, Emma, Grant, and Cecily Hayward, Anna, Elizabeth, 
     and Caroline Kahle, Megan and Amelia Hayward; great 
     granddaughter, Elizabeth Bonifas; step-grandchildren, 
     Theodore, Lindsay, and Megan Bugert, Amanda, William, Nicole, 
     Olivia, and Sophia DelVerne, Abigail and Courtney Williams, 
     Cooper, Graham, and Zoe Norman; and numerous nieces and 
     nephews. In addition to Mary Beth, John was preceded in death 
     by his daughter, Elizabeth Hayward Bonifas.

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