Vera May Payne: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Vera May Payne was born on 6 May 1912 in Butler, Custer County, Oklahoma; died on 15 Dec 2001 in East Carbon City, Carbon County, Oklahoma.

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EAST CARBON CITY - Vera May Payne Steele, age 89, went home Dec. 15, 2001.
She was born May 6, 1912 in Butler, Okla. to William H. and Pearl Burgess Payne. She married Cleatis Odell Steele, June 23, 1929 in Moorewood, Okla. He left this life and went home June 27, 1994.

She was a resident of East Carbon City since 1944.

In her early years, mom loved to knit and crochet. She loved to sew and make dresses for her daughters. Mom also loved to travel all over to see the sights. She loved worked in her iris and rose garden. She loved having her family and grandchildren come to visit her. Next to her family the love of her life were her pets.

She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Her suffering is over. Now she walks with the angels.
Survived by four daughters, one son and their spouses, Barbara Jean (Tony) Migliaccio, Helper; Kathryn Dean Mednick, Salt Lake City; Gwen (Harold) Dahl, Lake Havasu, Ariz.; Joyce Jaramillo, Desert Center, Calif.; Duane (Mary Lou) Steele, East Carbon; brother, Weldon Payne, Oklahoma; sister, Noreen Payne, Oklahoma; 19 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband; parents; brother, Lloyd Payne; and sister, Louis Barton.

Funeral service Thursday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Thursday one hour prior to services. Friends are welcome at Mitchell's 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
The family would like to acknowledge Castle

Sun Advocate (Carbon County's premier local newspaper since 1891)
http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=52

Vera married Cleatis Odell Steele on 23 Jun 1929 in Oklahoma. Cleatis was born about 1909 in Texas; died on 27 Jun 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]