Clarissa Ione Payne

Featured in: January 2015

PAYNE — Clarissa Ione (Syphers) May Brown, 98; born April 22, 1916, Blachly, Ore.; died July 16, 2014, McMinnville, Ore. Surviving: sons, Lester May, McMinnville; Raymond May, Willamina, Ore.; daughter, Delores (May) Ringering, McMinnville; 15 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Clarissa was an active member of the McMinnville Church. She did community service center work, taught in the children's departments, and helped members and neighbors in their homes. She was a helper. She loved her children and grandchildren and made them quilts to remember her by.