Charlotte Anne Payne, 76, of Gladstone, Missouri, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, October 27, 2023, at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 1 pm at Countryside Funeral Home in Fredonia, Kansas, with a private family burial to follow at Fredonia City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until service time at the funeral home.

Charlotte was born August 14, 1947, in Canadian, Texas, which is in the Panhandle of Texas. Charlotte married Max Payne on September 21, 1963. They have three children Kelli A Payne, Natalie S Payne, and Kevin C Payne. They have three granddaughters (Elizabeth Payne Navarro, Amber Fesko Nastoff and Helen A Payne). They have one grandson Kevin Payne Jr. They have two great-grandsons (Jacob Earnshaw and Daniel Miller).

Charlotte began her nursing career at Cameron College in Lawton, Oklahoma, and graduated from Saint Mary's University in Leavenworth, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).

She was the Director of the Women's Center at St. John's Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas, for several years. She worked in the labor and delivery center in the Enterprise, Alabama, hospital and sometimes was a flight nurse on helicopters transporting babies to more advanced hospitals.

While living in Washington, DC, she was the manager of the Federal Health Center that provided medical support to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices and their staff. She later became manager of the Federal Health Center that provided medical support to the Secret Service members and staff who worked at the U.S. White House.

While living in Kansas City, Missouri, and Fort Worth, Texas, she worked in the field of Federal occupational health providing support and medical guidance to federal health facilities throughout the United States. She moved back to Fredonia, Kansas, where she worked in the Fredonia Regional Hospital and was instrumental in the planning and construction of the new section added to the original hospital.

Charlotte loved playing bridge with friends and golfing. She also loved the many cruise ship trips with her husband and friends and trips to foreign countries.

Charlotte was preceded in death by her father, John Ralph McClure, and mother, Audrey Irene Dickerson; two sisters, Kathleen Milberger and Vicki Ferguson; and two children, Kevin Payne and Natalie Payne.

Charlotte is survived by her husband of 60 years; daughter, Kelli Payne of Kansas City Missouri; granddaughters, Ashley Payne Navarro and husband Keith Navarro of Independence, Missouri, Amber Fesko Nastoff and her husband Brice Nastoff of Appleton, Wisconsin, and Helen A. Payne of Wetumka, Oklahoma; one grandson, Kevin Payne Jr., of Wetumka, Oklahoma; and two great-grandsons, Jacob Earnshaw and Daniel Miller of Independence, Missouri; and two sisters, Patricia Vaught of Fairbanks, Alaska and Barbara Smith and her husband Lee Smith of Topeka, Kansas.

Memorials in Charlotte's memory are suggested to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home. Online condolences can be left at www.countrysidefh.com. Services are under the direction of Countryside Funeral Home 420 S. 20th St., P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736