Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1918 — Obituary [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Obituary

Charles Franklin Payne. Charles Franklin Payne, son of j Mr. and Mrs. James H. Payne, was, born north of Rensselaer February’ 14, 1878. He died at the home of his mother on Oak street in Rensselaer at • the age of forty years, j three months and eight days. He' leaves to mourn their loss, a wife, Bessie O. Payne, and two daughters,j Mae, aged fourteeen years, and Geraldine; aged twelve years; his mother, Mrs. J. H. Payne; two sis-' ters, Mrs. I. B. Marion and Bertha E. Payne, and one brother, Louis M. Payne, all of Rensselaer except the sister Bertha, who resides at Hammond, and a host of relatives and friends. His father, one brother and one sister preceded him to the beyond. He was united in marriage to Bessie O. Meyers-August 17, 196’2. To this union two children *were tforn, Mae and Geraldine. Deceased spent his life in Rensselaer except ten years at Hammond. ~ He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America for fifteen years past. He was a faithful husband and loving father to the end. xx CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for their many kindnesses in the sickness and death of our beloved husband, father and son.—PAYNE FAMILY.