Jean Hatch Payne, age 89, of Virden, New Mexico, passed away on June 16, 2014, in Tucson, AZ. Jean was born in Chandler, AZ on June 26, 1924, to John Alma and Cora May Merrell Hatch. Jean was their tenth and final child. When Jean was 4 years old, her family moved to Chino Valley, where she attended school through the eighth grade, then she attended and graduated from Prescott High School.
Jean married her childhood sweetheart, Edward Lee Payne, on November 19, 1942, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They lived in Virden, where they worked, served, loved and raised their family.
Jean served actively in the community and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jean and her husband, Ed, served as missionaries in the San Diego Mission, as Mesa Temple ordinance workers and in the Family History name extraction program.
Jean loved working with young people and was a gifted teacher. Jean was a 4-H leader for 35 years and was loved and revered by all she worked with.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Dennis) Hunt of Joseph City, AZ, Richard (Dorinda) Payne of Fayetteville, NC, Michael Payne of Kalispell, MT, John (Wendy) Payne of Virden, NM and Debra (Charles) Hampton of Ganns, OK, her 31 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Payne, four infant daughters, Sarah Edna Payne, Cora May Payne, Mary Jane Payne, Jeanine Payne; and her son, Dennis Lee Payne.
Funeral services for Jean will be conducted on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Duncan Arizona Stake Center with visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. and services at 1:00 p.m. Concluding services will follow in the Virden Cemetery.
Jean married her childhood sweetheart, Edward Lee Payne, on November 19, 1942, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They lived in Virden, where they worked, served, loved and raised their family.
Jean served actively in the community and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jean and her husband, Ed, served as missionaries in the San Diego Mission, as Mesa Temple ordinance workers and in the Family History name extraction program.
Jean loved working with young people and was a gifted teacher. Jean was a 4-H leader for 35 years and was loved and revered by all she worked with.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Dennis) Hunt of Joseph City, AZ, Richard (Dorinda) Payne of Fayetteville, NC, Michael Payne of Kalispell, MT, John (Wendy) Payne of Virden, NM and Debra (Charles) Hampton of Ganns, OK, her 31 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Payne, four infant daughters, Sarah Edna Payne, Cora May Payne, Mary Jane Payne, Jeanine Payne; and her son, Dennis Lee Payne.
Funeral services for Jean will be conducted on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Duncan Arizona Stake Center with visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. and services at 1:00 p.m. Concluding services will follow in the Virden Cemetery.
Jean Hatch Payne, age 89, of Virden, New Mexico, passed away on June 16, 2014, in Tucson, AZ. Jean was born in Chandler, AZ on June 26, 1924, to John Alma and Cora May Merrell Hatch. Jean was their tenth and final child. When Jean was 4 years old, her family moved to Chino Valley, where she attended school through the eighth grade, then she attended and graduated from Prescott High School.
Jean married her childhood sweetheart, Edward Lee Payne, on November 19, 1942, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They lived in Virden, where they worked, served, loved and raised their family.
Jean served actively in the community and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jean and her husband, Ed, served as missionaries in the San Diego Mission, as Mesa Temple ordinance workers and in the Family History name extraction program.
Jean loved working with young people and was a gifted teacher. Jean was a 4-H leader for 35 years and was loved and revered by all she worked with.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Dennis) Hunt of Joseph City, AZ, Richard (Dorinda) Payne of Fayetteville, NC, Michael Payne of Kalispell, MT, John (Wendy) Payne of Virden, NM and Debra (Charles) Hampton of Ganns, OK, her 31 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Payne, four infant daughters, Sarah Edna Payne, Cora May Payne, Mary Jane Payne, Jeanine Payne; and her son, Dennis Lee Payne.
Funeral services for Jean will be conducted on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Duncan Arizona Stake Center with visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. and services at 1:00 p.m. Concluding services will follow in the Virden Cemetery.
Jean married her childhood sweetheart, Edward Lee Payne, on November 19, 1942, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They lived in Virden, where they worked, served, loved and raised their family.
Jean served actively in the community and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jean and her husband, Ed, served as missionaries in the San Diego Mission, as Mesa Temple ordinance workers and in the Family History name extraction program.
Jean loved working with young people and was a gifted teacher. Jean was a 4-H leader for 35 years and was loved and revered by all she worked with.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Dennis) Hunt of Joseph City, AZ, Richard (Dorinda) Payne of Fayetteville, NC, Michael Payne of Kalispell, MT, John (Wendy) Payne of Virden, NM and Debra (Charles) Hampton of Ganns, OK, her 31 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Payne, four infant daughters, Sarah Edna Payne, Cora May Payne, Mary Jane Payne, Jeanine Payne; and her son, Dennis Lee Payne.
Funeral services for Jean will be conducted on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Duncan Arizona Stake Center with visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. and services at 1:00 p.m. Concluding services will follow in the Virden Cemetery.
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