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Thomas D. Payne

PAYNE, WERNLI, LETZ, WARREN, GROVE, ADOLPHSON

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 4/23/2006 at 08:55:49

McKee Funeral Homes - Earlham/Dexter

Thomas D. Payne
November 21, 1938 - March 22, 1980

Thomas D. Payne, the son of Omer and Olive Wernli Payne, was born in Guthrie County, Iowa on November 21, 1938. He passed away at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines on March 22, 1980.

Tom grew up in the Earlham area and graduated from Earlham High School in 1957.

On October 4, 1958 he was united in marriage to Margaret Letz at the Church of Christ in Winterset, Iowa. Two children blessed their marriage. The family lived in Earlham and Tom worked in Des Moines for Meredith Publishing for over 20 years.

Tom was a member of the Earlham Church of Christ and the Earlham Fire Department.

Survivors include his beloved wife Margaret; their children, Marla of Ankeny and Brant of Earlham; his parents, Omer and Olive Payne of Earlham; two brothers, Truman of Earlham and Kenneth of Winterset; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Warren of Carlisle, Mrs. Virginia Grove of Adair and Mrs. Joan Adolphson of Aledo, Illinois; several nieces, nephews, and many, many friends.

Tom was preceded in death by both his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Services were held March 25, 1980, at 11:00 a.m. at the Earlham Church of Christ. Interment was at the Penn Center Cemetery.

Professional services by McKee Funeral Homes of Earlham and Dexter.

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