Mary Lou Payne

December 29, 1932 - August 10, 2012 Biography Mary Lou Payne Obituary Mary Lou Payne, age 79, passed away surrounded by her family on August 10, 2012. She was born in Buffalo, KS on December 29, 1932 to Bryan Lee and Margaret Mae Canty. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1950. She graduated from Emporia University in Emporia, KS in 1954. Mary Lou began her teaching career in Ness City, KS. She met Glenn R Payne in January 1958 in Hayden, CO and married in Las Vegas, NV July 12, 1958. They briefly resided in Chino, CA before returning to Buffalo, KS in 1960 to teach school and start a family. After a real estate career in Tulsa, OK, she opened the Sears Catalog Store in Cleveland, OK in 1973. She retired and moved back to her birthplace of Buffalo along with her husband Glenn in 1994. She will be remembered as a loving, generous, and encouraging wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She enjoyed RV'ing from the Carolina's to California, cooking, politics, and spending time with family. She was preceded in death by her parents and nephew Scott Pringle. Mary Lou is survived by her husband Glenn Payne, sister Ruth Ann Pringle, brother in law Lauren Pringle; two children, Debra Cope and Reg Payne; 6 grandchildren, Richard Collins, Bryan Collins, Heath Payne, Heather Payne-Baker, Hayden Payne, and Kara Cope. 6 great grandchildren, Wesley Collins, Casey Collins, Riley Collins, Bryn Collins, Brayden Collins, and Cooper Collins; nephew Mark Pringle. Funeral services were held in Tulsa, OK on Aug 22, 2012 and interment at Buffalo Cemetary, Buffalo, KS on August 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM Services Memorial Service Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 3:00PM Serenity Funeral Home Chapel Burial to follow at Buffalo Cemetery in Buffalo, Kansas on August 22, 2012 at 6:30PM Facts Born: December 29, 1932 Place of Birth: Buffalo, Kansas Death: August 10, 2012 Place of Death:Cleveland, Oklahoma Occupation: Retired Teacher Survived By Glenn Payne, Husband Reggie Payne, Son Debra Cope, Daughter Ruth Ann Pringle, Sister 6 Grandchildren 6 Great Grandchildren Preceded in Death By Bryan Lee Canty, Father Margaret M. Canty, Mother

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Mary Lou Payne

August 13, 2012