Wayne was born in Pella, IA and lived there until serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He married Jean Holt Payne and they had five children. They lived in Bristol, TN until Wayne was hired by Boeing Co. to work on the Saturn V project to send man to the moon. They moved to Slidell, LA and Wayne commuted to New Orleans East to work in the NASA Vertical Assembly Building Complex where the 1st stage rocket booster was assembled. After the program ended, Wayne went to work for Martin Marietta in the same complex working on the external fuel tank for the Space Shuttle. Wayne was awarded the Silver Snoopy, the highest recognition from NASA to a contract employee. Wayne retired at 62 and he and wife Jean traveled the world before his passing from alzhimers and heart disease. Wayne's wish to go back to Pella was fulfilled by his children as his ashes are scattered there.
Wayne was born in Pella, IA and lived there until serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He married Jean Holt Payne and they had five children. They lived in Bristol, TN until Wayne was hired by Boeing Co. to work on the Saturn V project to send man to the moon. They moved to Slidell, LA and Wayne commuted to New Orleans East to work in the NASA Vertical Assembly Building Complex where the 1st stage rocket booster was assembled. After the program ended, Wayne went to work for Martin Marietta in the same complex working on the external fuel tank for the Space Shuttle. Wayne was awarded the Silver Snoopy, the highest recognition from NASA to a contract employee. Wayne retired at 62 and he and wife Jean traveled the world before his passing from alzhimers and heart disease. Wayne's wish to go back to Pella was fulfilled by his children as his ashes are scattered there.
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
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1950 United States Federal Census
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Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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