Marjorie Darlene Payne (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Marjorie “Darlene” Payne, daughter of Earl James and Minnie Mae Smith Rhoads, was born December 11, 1936, in Lebanon, Missouri. She departed this life Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Saint Luke’s Hospice House, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of eighty-three years, and five months.
On July 28, 1968, she was united in marriage to Robert Lee Payne, and they shared the last fifty-one years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Bobby Payne; a grandson, Shaun Price; and six brothers, Richard, Eugene, Stanley, Howard, Gary, and Jerry Rhoads.
Darlene is survived by her husband, Robert, of the home in Harrisonville, Missouri; two daughters, Sherry Verity, and her husband, John, of West Plains, Missouri, and Cathy Vaughn, of Harrisonville, Missouri; a son, Dan Price, and his wife, Becky, of Edwardsville, Kansas; a daughter-in-law, Claudia Payne, of Karlsruhe, Germany; ten grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, James “Butch” Rhoads, of Chesterfield, Virginia, and David Rhoads, of Lebanon, Missouri; two sisters, Pam Anderson, and Janice Uder, both of Lebanon, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She was born and raised in the Lebanon area and graduated from Lebanon High School. She then moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she lived for fifteen years. She earned her cosmetology license and began working as a beautician. Darlene and Robert returned to Lebanon and lovingly raised their family. Darlene continued working and opened her own beauty shop, Heads N’ Nails in downtown Lebanon. She was a very skilled beautician and was highly respected in her field. Her career in cosmetology spanned thirty-seven years before she retired. In 2012, she and Robert moved to Harrisonville, Missouri.
She and Robert had traveled extensively throughout the United States. In her spare time she enjoyed cooking, reading, and coloring in adult coloring books. She also liked growing beautiful flowers in her yard. She loved her family dearly and especially enjoyed having time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Darlene was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and was a caring friend. We celebrate her life and know that her family and friends will hold tight to the wonderful memories she created for them during her lifetime.
Friends may call at their convenience and are encouraged to come by the funeral home to sign the memorial book, and/or go to her obituary page on our website to leave condolences for the family. Memorial contributions to the Alzheimer's Foundation may be made through the funeral home.
The funeral will be broadcast live on the Holman-Howe Facebook page. You are invited to log on at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, to watch Darlene Payne's service. https://www.facebook.com/HolmanHoweFuneralHome/
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