Ilene Elizabeth Hays, 65, of Waldorf, MD passed away July 29, 2013 at her residence. She was born July 19, 1948 in Washington, D.C. to Dudley and Matilda (Patrak) Tatem. Ilene was raised in Northeast D.C. and attended Holy Name School, St. Patrick’s and Chamberlain High School. She married Carlton Edward “Curly” Hays and they lived in Landover and later Oxon Hill, MD. Mr. Hays passed away in 1996, and Ilene has lived in Waldorf for the past eight years. She was employed as a dispatcher with the Washington, D.C. Fire Department and the Riverdale Police Department, retiring in the mid 1990’s. Ilene loved going to the beach, surfing the internet and listening to music, especially Motown.

Ilene was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carlton and a sister Dorothy Evans. She is survived by sons Michael E. Hays of Waldorf and Brian A. Hays and wife Terri of Owings. Also surviving are grandchildren Joey, Christopher, Michael, Jr., Kevin, Anthony and Robert Hays, and sisters Terese T. Mullican of Annapolis, Kathy Cox of New Carrollton, and a brother Paul Tatem of Georgia.