Mrs. Nellie Payne, 58, Had Been Resident Of Blair Since 1926

Mrs. Nellie Payne, 58, well-known Blair resident, died at Clarkson hospital in Omaha, Monday, Dec. 27. Stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage, she was taken ill only 12 hours before her death.

Father Adelbert J. Smith conducted service this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Interment was in the Blair Cemetery.

As Nellie Johnson, Mrs. Payne was born at Kennard, July 23, 1885, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Magnus Johnson, well-known countians. She was married to Ell Payne in June, 1920, when the couple moved to Oklahoma and resided in that state until Mr. Payne’s death in 1926. Since then Mrs. Payne had lived at 67 West South Street, Blair, with her sister, Mrs. Ida Johnson.

Surviving are two children, Mary and Victor, of Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Foley and Miss Ida Johnson of Blair; and Miss Emma Johnson of Washington, D.C.; and one brother, Lawrence Johnson of Blair.

#2-RITES HELD FOR MRS. NELLIE PAYNE

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Payne, 58, were held last Thursday afternoon at St. Mary’s Episcopal church. The Blair woman had died suddenly Dec. 27 following a 12-hour illness.

The rites were conducted by Father Adelbert J. Smith, vicar; music was provided by Mrs. Thomas Blanchard. Burial was in Blair cemetery, under direction of Campbell Mortuary.

Mrs. Payne, a native of Kennard and resident of Blair since 1926, is survived by two children, Mary and Victor of Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Foley and Miss Ida Johnson of Blair, and Miss Emma Johnson of Washington, D.C.; and a brother,Lawrence Johnson of Blair.

#3-30 Dec., 1943 - The Enterprise

MRS. NELLIE PAYNE VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK DEC. 27

Mrs. Nellie C. Payne, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Magnus Johnson, died Monday evening at seven o’clock in the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha where she had been taken suffering from a heart attack. Death came quickly and only twelve hours after the attack she passed away.

Mrs. Payne was a native of this county and had lived most of her life here. She was married to Eli H. Payne in 1920, and to them two children were born, Victor and Mary. The husband and father died in 1926, and since then she has made her home with her sisters on South Street.

Deceased was a member of the local Episcopal Church, and a woman of Christian bearing and had a large circle of admiring friends who had learned to respect her for her virtues.

Besides the two children, she leaves three sisters: Ida Johnson at home; Emma Johnson of Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. Robert Foley on a farm south of Blair; and one brother, Lawrence Johnson, also of Blair.

Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. this Thursday afternoon, and interment will be made in the Blair cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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