Ersel R. Hayes, Jr.

Ersel R. Hayes, Jr., 60 of Yankton, formerly of Sioux City, passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2013 at the Sr. James/Yankton Care Center. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 9, 2013 at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel with burial to follow at Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Ersel was born on June 28, 1953 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Ersel R. and Betty (Gribbs) Hayes Sr. The family relocated to Sioux City where Ersel received his education in the Sioux City Public Schools, graduating from Central High. He continued his education at Ellsworth College and the University of South Dakota. Ersel is survived by his daughters Melissa Hayes of Arkansas and Kamaria Hayes of Yankton, South Dakota; sons Tyson Hayes of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Ersel Hayes III of Yankton, South Dakota, Nathaniel Hayes of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Charles Hayes of Yankton, South Dakota, and Travis Hayes of Yankton, South Dakota; brothers Gary Hayes and his wife Evelyn and Enoch Hayes of Sioux City; sisters Debra Williams and her husband David of Kansas City, Missouri, Denise Evans and Christine Hayes, both of Sioux City. Ersel was preceded in death by his parents and brother David.