Leslie Jack Haynes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1942 - 1945; World War II (US) US Army - Staff Sergeant Asiatic-Pacific Theater

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HORNELL - L. Jack Haynes, 87, of 82 Adsit St., Hornell, passed away early Friday afternoon (Nov. 23, 2007) at the Vincent House in Wayland.

Born in Hornell on Feb. 3, 1920, he was a son of the late Archibald and Louise Bill Haynes. On Oct. 2, 1947, he was married in Hornell to the former M. Teresa Mattie, who predeceased him on Dec. 8, 2000, after 53 years of marriage. Besides his parents and wife, he was also predeceased by his two sisters, Audrey Dodd and Helen Haynes; and his two brothers, Donald and Paul Haynes.

A lifelong resident of Hornell, Jack graduated from Hornell High School with the class of 1940.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of operations as a Message Center Chief. He directed and coordinated all phases of the Message Center operations to insure the transmission of messages as well supervising and instructing personnel. He was a cryptographic technician and enchiphered, deciphered, encoded and decoded classified military message. He proudly served his country from 1942 to his honorable discharge as a staff sergeant in 1945.

Jack loved flowers and after the war, he returned to Hornell and became employed at the former James' Greenhouse. He retired from the City of Hornell Water Department.

His family includes his eight children, Christine (Thomas) Gibson of West Henrietta, Elizabeth (Joseph) Armeli of Wayland, Sue (Gilberto) DeMatos of Watertown, Mass., Stephen (Jeanne) Haynes of Farmington, Nora Haynes of Hornell, Thomas (Jill) Haynes of Bath, David (Chris) Haynes of Gates and Karl (Linda) Haynes of Bear, Del.; his 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; his sister-in-law, Anita Shick of Hornell; also his nieces and nephews.

Calling hours are from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285 Main St., Hornell, where a funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating. Committal services and interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Town of Fremont.

Leslie married Mary Teresa Mattie on 02 Oct 1947. Mary (daughter of John Mattie and Josephine Debarbieri) was born on 4 Jan 1922 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York; died on 8 Dec 2000; was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Fremont, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]