Salem…..

Brenda Elena (Grace) Hayes, 94, formerly of Salem, wife of the late Warren J Hayes passed away peacefully September 17, 2011 in her residence at Putnam Farm in Danvers, MA.

Brenda was raised in Swampscott the daughter of Henry and Ellen Grace. She was a graduate of St. Chretienne's Academy and Salem Hospital School of Nursing. She spent her life caring for others in private duty nursing and maintained her nursing credentials long after her retirement. She was active in civil defence nursing and was a past instructor of Nursing at the Massachusetts Civil Defense Training Academy.

Brenda is survived by her son Peter J. Hayes and his wife Marie of Naples, Florida, her daughter Kathleen M. Moriarty and her husband Robert of Topsfield and Clare Hayes, widow of her son Stephen D. Hayes, of Salem. Nana was a loving grandmother to eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters Mary Grace and Lois Kane and her brothers William and Richard Grace who is survived by his wife Eleanor Grace.

Donations in her memory may be made to Hospice of the North Shore of Greater Boston , 75 Sylvan Street,Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923

ARRANGEMENTS: As requested by the family all services are private. Arrangements by the Murphy Funeral Home, 85 Federal Street, Salem, MA 01970.. For online guestbook or additional information, please call 978-744-0497 or visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.