Leonard LaVerne Payne (1919 - 1986)

Born 3 Aug 1919 in Orange, Orange, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Deloris Cavelle (Cutsinger) Goggin — married Jun 1945 (to 1965) in California

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1986 at age 66 in Lafayette, Yamhill, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Leonard was born 03 August 1919, son of Walter_Adolph_Payne and Lillian_Allensworth. Five months later, his mother died of Influenza in the Epidemic of 1919.

At age 3 he was left with his grandparents, Ichabod Payne and Lula Sibley. When his father remarried in 1929, Leonard, age 10, was once again united with his father.

In June of 1945, Leonard married Delores Cavelle Cutsinger. Delores, daughter of Dennis Hubert Cutsinger and Stella Elizabeth Johnson, was born 27 Oct 1923, in Ilasco, Ralls, Missouri. To this union were born:

1. Sheila Ann Payne Moen Golbach 1946 - (living)
2. Sheri Cavelle Payne Stoltz 1948 - (living)
3. Donna LaVerne Dickerman 1949 - (living)
4. Leonard_Dennis 1950 - (living)
5. Theodore Andrew Payne (1953 - 2016)
6. Denise Elizabeth Payne Kelly (1954 - 1983)

Leonard and Delores divorced in 1965.

Leonard married second, Rita Powers Whitmarsh in 1966. No issue

Leonard died 25 APR 1986 • Lafayette, Yamhill, Oregon, and is buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Plot: D, 6768.

Obituary:

Leonard L. Payne

LAFAYETTE -- Leonard L. "Len" Payne, 66, of Lafayette, died Friday.

He was born in Orange, California; he served in the Navy during World War II, and was a cattle rancher in California. He moved to the San Francisco area 20 years ago, retired in 1982, and moved to Lafayette.

Survivors include his wife, Rita; stepsons Mike Whitmarsh, Portland, and Patrick Whitmarsh, Pebble Beach, Calif., stepdaughter Beverly Whitmarsh, Alameda, Calif., and half brother, William Payne, California.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Macy and Son mortuary. Interment will be in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland.

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Sources

• Family Bible
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3922466/leonard-laverne-payne : accessed 25 April 2022), memorial page for Leonard Laverne Payne (3 Aug 1919–25 Apr 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3922466, citing Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by LTC Stephen R. Pain (contributor 47744367) .