Ethel Mae Payne

Memorials may be given to American Cancer Society Dear wife of the late Bernard M. Payne; mother of Karen Sterling (Larry), Valerie Griggs (Christopher), Mark (Teri) and Keith Sterling; stepmother of Rebecca Taylor (Charles), Michael Payne (Diane), and Cathy Sterling; grandmother of 9, great-grandmother of 6; sister of Margaret Rauch, Robert and Donald Gustin, Peggy Haley, and Jerry Gustin. Preceded in death by by parents, Otto and Nora Gustin;, first husband, Richard Sterling, and sister, Marie Stapf. She was a member of the American Rose Society (St. Louis and St. Charles Chapters); The Telephone Pioneers; The Red Hat Society; and The University Extension Center. Former owners of Linga-Longa Resort at Lake of the Ozarks and Meramec Gardens Nursery in Manchester, Missouri