On behalf of Tyler's extended family and the greater community of friends and acquaintances we wanted to share the tragic news regarding the passing of Tyler Ray Hays from a car accident that occurred in the early hours of June 06, 2023.

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NOTE: See Update as of June 19, 2023 regarding the Memorial Service/Burial scheduled for: Saturday, June 24, 2023

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We are all stunned by this as Tyler had just celebrated his 26th Birthday a couple weeks prior and he was such a jovial character and so full of life -- as you can see in this recent photo from the home of the Cowboys. This image is so fitting because Tyler has always been a star in our eyes and had so many gifts and talents to share with the world. He cared deeply for people and would always go out of his way to show that and share his positive energy with old and new friends alike!

That said, like the rest of his family, he was still struggling to reconcile his father's untimely passing back in January of this year and had recently relocated down to San Antonio where he had been pursuing interests in Barbering and Bartending among other things. But he was moving forward and being proactive and that's what one must do in the face of personal tragedy. He was still young and had so much ahead of him.... and we will always miss his boisterous laughter and larger than life presence.

We are standing up this gofundme for his family as they have the heavy expense of shipping his remains back to WA State for burial in the near term – even as they are dealing with this huge, sudden loss... following so soon on the heels of the loss of Tyler's dad, Christopher. Tyler is survived by his immediate family -- his mother Hanna and sister Nadia – and the logistics of this are an overwhelming challenge for them right now.

If you are moved and so compelled to assist in this time of need in any way possible, be it through prayers and/or financial support, Tyler's family would be immensely grateful so that they can honor their late grandson, son, brother, and nephew -- and bring him home to Washington.

~Sincerely, friends of Tyler Hays and family.

P.S. ...100% of your donations will go directly to Tyler's family to cover the expenses related to his passing -- thank you very much!

For further information regarding the Memorial service which remains TBD at this point -- or any related correspondence, please reach out to thaysmemorial atgmail dotcom

NOTE: edits -- as of June 8, 2200 PDT: we have raised the flexible limit from 15K to 35K due to added projected costs for transporting/burial, etc., that were tallied during the day today (June 8th). We are overwhelmed and grateful to all who have donated thus far... thank you so much! ...and may God bless You for your selflessness. We all love and miss you Tyler!

Also: As Tyler's family background is in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church tradition (from his mother's side) we wanted to add some parallel transcribed sentiments in the native Amharic language as follows:

እጅግ የምንወደው እና እንደ አይናችን ብሌን የምንሳሳለት ልጃችን፣ ወንድማችን፣ ጉዋደኛችን ታይለር ሄዝ በድንገተኛ የመኪና አደጋ ከዚህ ዓለም በሞት መለየቱን የምንገልጸው እጅግ ጥልቅ በሆነ የሀዘን ስሜት ነው።

ታይለር ሄዝ ከእናቱ ከወ/ሮ ሃና አበበ እና ከአባቱ ከክርስቶፈር ሄዝ በተወለደ በ26 ዓመቱ ለስራ ወደሳን አንቶኒዮ ከተማ ከቤተሰቦቹ ተለይቶ በመጣበት እንደወጣ ሳይመለስ ቀርቱዋል።

ታይለር በቤተሰቦቹ እና በጉዋደኞቹ እጅግ ተወዳጅ የነበረ እና እሱም ለማህበረሰቡ በአጠቃላይ ልዩ ክብርና ፍቅር የነበረው ሲሆን እሱ ባለበት ቦታ ሳቅና ጨዋታን መፍጠር የሚችል መልካም እና ደግ ወጣት ነበር።

ታይለር በልጅነቱ ሰርቼ እለወጣለሁ ብሎ ከቤቱ እንደወጣ ቀረ። አስከሬኑን ለማጉጉዝና የቀብር ስነስርአቱን ለማስፈጸም ቤተሰቡ የገንዘብ እርዳታ ስለሚያስፈልጋቸው የተቻልዎትን እንዲረዱ በትህትና እየጠየቅን ለሚያደርጉልን እርዳታ በቅድሚያ በልዑል እግዚአብሔር ስም ምስጋናችንን እናቀርባለን።

በዚህ መራራ የሀዘን ጊዜ ከቤተሰቦቻቸው ጎን በመሆን ላጽናናችሁ ሁሉ ልባዊ ምስጋናችንን እናቀርባለን።