Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Monday, March 4, 2002 M. Ruth Payne, 93, Wichita, Kan., died March 2, 2002. She was born April 9, 1908, in Eldon, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Irwin Slaughter. She was married in 1930, in Jefferson City, to Goldrum Nelson Payne, who died Dec. 8, 1968. She was a homemaker and a member of Riverside Christian Church in Wichita. Survivors include: one daughter, Susan Honier, Wichita; four grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cochran Mortuary, Wichita. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Enloe Cemetery, Russellville. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at Weber & Sons Funeral Home, Russellville. Memorials are suggested to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 South Market, Wichita, Kan.67202. Arrangements are under the direction of Cochran Mortuary and Crematory, Wichita, Kan.