OPAL MARIE PAYNE

Opal Marie Payne, 96, Kansas City, KS, died Monday, February 1, 2010, at the home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 5, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 8616 Haskell, Kansas City, KS. Burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m., Thursday at the Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Chromosome 9p- Network (9pminus.org). Opal was born May 1, 1913, in Kansas City, KS, and lived in the area her entire life. She was the daughter of Harvey Ernest and Dixie May (Cates) Todd. She graduated from the old Wyandotte High School in 1931. Opal traveled frequently to New York City as a lingerie buyer for Harzfeld's Department Store. She retired from Harzfeld's in 1983. Opal and her husband Royal loved to travel and especially enjoyed their visits to Europe, Asia, and Hawaii. Opal was a talented seamstress and enjoyed making embroidered baby quilts for friends and family. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sherman Chapter #8 O.E.S. Opal was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Royal V. Payne, a son, Walter E. Derrington, and sisters Ina Mae Todd and Eva Jeanette Hopewell. Opal is survived by a daughter and her husband, Carolyn and Theodore Block, of the home, four grandchildren and their spouses, David Block, Mark and Jennifer Block, Karen Jackson, and Ryan and Allison Block, and five great grandchildren, Todd, Sterling, Emily, Annie, and Gretchen. (Condolences may be expressed at: www.porterfuneralhome.com. Arrangements: Porter Funeral Home & Crematory, 1835 Minnesota, Ave., Kansas City, KS, (913) 621-6400.)