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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 8, 1993                   TAG: 9303080129
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT PAYNE, DOROTHY VAN LEER

PAYNE, Dorothy Van Leer, 91, of the Virginia Synod Lutheran Home, 3804 Brandon Ave. S.W., Roanoke, died Friday, March 5, 1993. She was the daughter of the late Alexander Spotswood Payne and Nora Van Leer Payne, former residents of Roanoke. Miss Payne was an English teacher for many years at Jefferson High School, and was a graduate of Hollins College and Columbia University. She was a member of the Altar Guild of St. John's Episcopal Church, and was active in numerous activities of the church. Dorothy Payne was a charter member of the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, the Roanoke Symphony Society and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Margaret Lewis Chapter. There are no immediate survivors. A graveside funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Monday, March 8, 1993, at Evergreen Burial Park. Inquiries may be made at Oakey Funeral Service, 318 Church Ave. S.W., Roanoke. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church, Jefferson and Elm Ave. S.W., Roanoke, Va. 24002.

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