Mary Jo Hayes, age 83 of East Grand Forks, MN passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at the McVille Care Center, McVille, ND.

Mary Jo Hayes was born on August 25, 1935 in Grand Forks, ND the daughter of William and Marie (Dumontet) Driscoll. Mary Jo grew up in East Grand Forks, MN and attended and graduated from Sacred Heart High School. She married Russell Hayes on ­­­­January 13, 1953 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in East Grand Forks, MN. She lived in West Fargo, ND, Sioux City, IA and Seattle, WA before moving back to East Grand Forks, MN. Mary Jo worked at the American Legion, Uptown Bar and Kelly's Bar.

Family members who survive Mary Jo include her children, Roy (Suzie) Hayes of Hazen, ND, Randy Hayes of East Grand Forks, MN, Brian (Roxanne) Hayes of East Grand Forks, MN, William Hayes of McCanna, ND and Catherine (Jerry) Thompson of Omaha, NE; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Hayes of Minneapolis, MN; siblings, Jack Driscoll of East Grand Forks, MN, Richard (Barb) Edvall of Perham, MN, Wayne (Carol) Edvall of East Grand Forks, MN and Linda (Michael) Ford of Boston, MA.

She is preceded in death by her parents; son Robert Hayes and a grandchild Stephanie Hayes; brothers, Michael, William, Thomas and Patrick; sister, Lorraine and step-father, Harold Edvall.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred.

Funeral Service :   1:00 PM, Friday, June 28, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, East Grand Forks, Minnesota.

Visitation: 1 hour before services at the church.

Inurnment: Calvary Cemetery, Grand Forks, ND.