Payne, Spencer R.

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• Reference Number: 2814
• 1940 Census: 1940, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 10 Aug 2009; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

1940 Census:
August F Kehl63
Theresa Kehl56
Spencer Payne37
Viola Payne33
Spencer Payne13
Donald Payne11
Gordon Payne8
Shirley Payne1

Obituary:
Spencer R. Payne, 82, Appleton, was called into the waiting arms of the Lord on Sunday morning, August 9, 2009. He was born March 9, 1927, in Neenah, the son of Spencer and Viola (Kehl) Payne, and grandson of German immigrants August and Theresa Kehl, who were among the first Germans to arrive in Neenah. Along with other early German settlers, they founded Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church there. Spencer was a 1949 graduate of Lawrence University, and for over forty years worked as a research physicist for the James River Corporation. He served his country during the Korean War at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, a high-security governmental research facility. On May 29, 1954, he married the former Jeanne Fandrey at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Neenah; she survives. Spencer was an avid gardener and enjoyed sports and outdoor activities of all kinds. Over the years, he had been a faithful member of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Neenah, and more recently of Eternal Love Ev. Lutheran Church in Appleton. He regularly attended bible study and was also a supporter of Fox Valley Lutheran High School.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Payne, Appleton; three children, David (Joyce) Payne, Appleton; Laura (Mike) Hermans, Neenah and Daniel (Lenora) Payne, Canyon Country, California; five grandchildren, Matthew (Sarah) Payne, Waseca, Minnesota; Cassandra Payne, Kimberly; Timothy (Jessica) Payne, Bangor, Wisconsin; Christianna Payne, Wautoma and Keith (Sarah) Delaney, California; three great-grandchildren, Joshua Spencer Payne, Abigail Delaney, and Thomas Delaney; three brothers and a sister, Robert (Pat) Payne, Neenah; Richard (Mary) Payne, Menasha; Don (Eva) Payne, Freedom and Shirley (Don) Dahl, Menasha; a sister-in-law, Sally Payne, Appleton; and a brother-in-law, Rollie Kramer, Neenah. Spencer was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Gordon, and sisters-in-law Joan Kramer and Jackie Germaine.
The Christian Funeral for Spencer will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at ETERNAL LOVE EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1011 E. Midway Road in Appleton, with Rev. Robert Balza officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Neenah. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again at the church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund in Spencer's name is being established.
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