Individual Details

Dorothy Irene Payne was born 25 July 1913 at Henry County, Iowa, and died 24 July 1982. She married on 25 April 1936 to T. Edward Earnest, son of J. Burton and Pearl (Eland) Earnest, who was born 15 March 1913 and died 5 June 1950.

There was one child born of the marriage.

Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Monday, July 26, 1982, Page 8, Col. 5: Mt. Pleasant---Mrs. Dorothy Earnest, 68, Pleasant Manor Care Center, died at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, July 24, in Henry County Health Center. She was born July 25, 1913, in Henry County to Roy and Nellie Miller Payne. Surviving: Daughter, Carol Liechty, Mt. Pleasant; brother John Payne, Phoenix, Ariz.; and three sisters, Rosalie Gregg, San Diego, Calif., Geraldine Johnson, St. Joseph, Mo., and Erma Marshall, Des Moines. Private committal: Finley Cemetery, the Rev. Glen Richard. The body is at Beatty Funeral Home.

Birth	25 Jul 1913	Henry Co., Iowa
Marriage	25 Apr 1936	Thomas Edward Earnest
Death	24 Jul 1982	Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
Burial		Finley Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa

Spouse	Thomas Edward Earnest (1913 - 1950)
Child	Carol Elaine Earnest (1937 - )

Father	Roy C. Payne (1888 - 1971)
Mother	Nellie Verda Miller (1891 - 1970)
Sibling	Mildred Frances Payne (1915 - 1976)
Sibling	Mary Florence Payne (1916 - 1971)
Sibling	Erma Virginia Payne (1918 - 1993)
Sibling	Geraldine Verda Payne (1921 - 2009)
Sibling	Rosalie Marcella Payne (1922 - 2013)
Sibling	John Dale Payne (1930 - )