OBIT: William F. PAYNE, 1945, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM F. PAYNE

  William F. Payne, 86, well known retired Baltimore and Ohio locomotive 
engineer and resident of Meyersdale for more than 35 years, passed away Tuesday 
night, May 15, following a heart attack, at the home of his son-in-law and 
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Price, of Jenkins, Ky., where he had been visiting 
for several months.  He had been planning to return to his home here about May 
24.  Up until Sunday before his death he had been enjoying good health for one 
of his age.
  W. F. Payne was the son of the late John J. and Eleanor Frances (Fouchee) 
Payne and was born in Madison Court House, Va.  Early in life he became a 
railroader and as an engineer on the B & O, Connellsville-Cumberland division, 
he made his home in Meyersdale, though there were several intervals when he 
moved his family to Hyndman and other towns on the line.  He was retired by the 
B & O, in 1929.
  Mr. Payne is survived by five children: Mrs. Otis O. Cook, who, with her 
family, occupy the family home on Meyers Ave., and with whom he lived; Mrs. 
Elizabeth Sondheim, Baltimore; Mrs. Frank Price, Jenkins, Ky., and Mrs. Ware 
Deeter, Meyersdale, and by one son, Charles Payne, of Connellsville.  His wife 
passed away about three years ago.  One daughter is also deceased.  He was a 
member of the Methodist Church and ranked as one of Meyersdale's most upright, 
amiable and beloved citizens.
  His body was brought to Meyersdale on Wednesday evening.  Funeral services 
will be conducted by Rev. S. C. Keiser at the O. O. Cook home, at 1:30 Friday 
afternoon.  Interment will be made in the cemetery at Hyndman, under the 
direction of W. C. Price & Son.

Meyersdale Republican, May 17, 1945