Ethel Payne was born at Watonga, Oklahoma to Marion and Anna (Spaeth) Payne on February 21, 1920 and died Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at the age of 102.
She attended grade school in Watonga and high school at St. Joseph Academy, Guthrie, Oklahoma and was valedictorian in the eighth and twelfth grades.
Upon graduating from St. Anthony School of Nursing, Okla. City she was awa...