"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 208, No 5, p 32, May, 1986. Cecile Deane Rood Payne was born in North Loup, Nebraska, January 24, 1923, and passed from this life January 24, 1986. She had been in poor health for some time. She was the only child of Birdie Marie Van Horn and Bayard Alvin Rood. She moved with her parents to Milton, Wisconsin, at an early age and then to Boulder, Colorado, where she attended school and graduated from Boulder High. She also attended Milton College for a time before her marriage on June 14, 1942, to Donald Payne of Dodge Center, Minnesota, where she spent most of her married life. She was a member of the Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Donald Payne of West Concord, Minnesota; four daughters, Miriam Randall of Richfield, Minnesota, Elise Walker of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Madelyn Neher of Dodge Center, and Janelle of New Prague, Minnesota; three sons, David of Salem, South Dakota, Douglas of Claremont, Minnesota, and Roger of Faribault, Minnesota; a son-in-law, Conrad Larson of La Moure, North Dakota; and 21 grandchildren. One daughter, Phyllis, and two grandsons preceded her in death. A memorial service was held February 1, 1986, at the Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptist Church with Rev. Paul B. Osborn and Rev. L. Wayne Babcock officiating. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 212, No 10, p 26, Oct., 1990. Deacon Donald J. Payne, 70, of rural Claremont, Minnesota, died on July 31, 1990, of heart failure at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Don was born on October 25, 1919, in Beadle County near Hitchcock, South Dakota, to Arthur and Eva (Churchward) Payne. He moved with his family to Dodge Center, Minnesota, at the age of 6. He graduated from Dodge Center High School in 1937 and attended the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus for a time. He moved to Claremont in 1940. On June 4, 1942, he married Cecile Deanne Rood in Boulder, Colorado, and then farmed north of Claremont with his father until 1948. They moved to Kiowa, Colorado, for one year before returning to Minnesota and purchasing a farm northwest of Dodge Center. In 1965, they moved back to the family farm north of Claremont, living there until 1978. Then they lived in the Albert Lea, Minnesota, area until returning to Claremont in 1983. His wife died on January 24, 1986. On January 17, 1988, he married Jacqueline Wells in Riverside, California. They made their home in rural Claremont. Don was a longtime member of the Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptist Church and was ordained a deacon in 1947. Other church responsibilities he fulfilled include moderator, trustee, and Sabbath School teacher. Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline; four daughters, Miriam Randall of Richfield, Minnesota, Elise Walker of Janesville, Wisconsin, Madelyn Neher of Dodge Center, and Janelle Payne of Owatonna, Minnesota; three sons, David of Valley City, North Dakota, Douglas of Claremont, and Robert of Nerstrand, Minnesota; the family of Conrad Larson of Alexandria, Minnesota; three sisters, Lorna Austin and Millicent Greene, both of Dodge Center, and Dorotha Shettel of Riverside, California; and 23 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Phyllis Larson, and two grandchildren. A memorial service was held on August 25, 1990, at the meeting house of the Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, with Pastors Wayne Babcock and Dale Rood officiating. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders