IVA EMMA PAYNE WAS BORN IN MUNDEN, KS. HER PARENTS WERE WILLIAM ADELBERT PAYNE AND MAY ELIZABETH (GLEASON) PAYNE. SHE LIVED IN KANSAS UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1899 WHEN SHE AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO THE GLEASON FARM SEVEN MILES NORTH OF BURR OAK, KS. THEY LIVED HERE UNTIL 1908 WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF GUIDE ROCK, NE. FROM HERE THEY MOVED TO THE NORTH BRANCH, KS. AREA.
IVA WAS MARRIED TO AMOS DILLIN ON JUNE 15, 1918, IN RED CLOUD, NE. THEY LIVED ON FARMS IN THE NORTH BRANCH, KS. AREA WHERE THE OLDER CHILDREN WERE RAISED AND THEN MOVED TO THE BURR RANCH, FOUR MILES SOUTH AND TWO AND ONE-HALF EAST OF GUIDE ROCK, NE.
IN 1940 THEY MOVED TO FARMS IN THE OMAHA AND MILLARD AREA. IVA WORKED IN THE OFFICES OF FATHER FLANAGAN'S HOME FOR BOYS FOR TWELVE YEARS. UPON RETIREMENT IN 1960 THEY MOVED BACK TO GUIDE ROCK WHERE SHE AND AMOS HAD PURCHASED A HOME.
HERE ARE FEW NOTES FROM THE CHILDREN OF IVA, (VIRGINA, KATHLEEN, KEITH, AND MARGIE): THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IN RECALLING MEMORIES OF OUR MOTHER IS HER SINGING OR HUMMING SUCH SONGS AS MY BLUE HEAVEN, ROMONA, TUNES THAT WERE POPULAR. MOTHER WAS A VERY STAUNCH REPUBLICAN ALL HER LIFE AND RECALL HER SAYING HER FATHER WAS TOO. ALL HER LIFE SHE ENJOYED THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. WE CAN RECALL GLEN, WAYNE, AND LYLE COMING ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND THEY WOULD LISTEN TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOGETHER, EVEN IN HER LATER LIFE SHE STILL WATCHED AND ENJOYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL. MOTHER WAS VERY LOYAL TO HER FAMILY, STATE OF NEBRASKA AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SHE WAS A GOOD MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. WE ALL LOVED HER SO VERY MUCH. SHE HAD AN UNDAUNTED SPIRIT AND THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT THE MANY CHALLENGES OF HER LIFE AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. SHE ENJOYED WORKING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES. SHE DID NOT LIKE TO PLAY CARDS. SHE EXERCISED FAITHFULLY. IDLE CONVERSATION MADE HER NERVOUS. SHARING TIME WITH HER FAMILY WAS HER GREAT JOY. MOTHER LOVED LISTENING TO ME (MARGARET) PRACTICE PIANO USING IT AS AN EXCUSE TO REST. SHE PAID FOR MY LESSONS EACH SUMMER WITH A FRESH DRESSED CHICHEN!!!!! MOTHER ALWAYS SAW TO IT THAT WE ALL HAD NICE CLOTHES, SACRIFICING HER OWN NEEDS. PROBABLY THE GREATEST HONOR I CAN GIVE HER IS THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAD SMALL MEANS BUT WE NEVER FELT LESS LOVED OR PROVIDED FOR THAN OUR FRIENDS. I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE POOR BY ANY STANDARD OF THE DAY. I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY KEPT EVERYTHING THE THEMSELVES. MAYBE CHILDREN NEED THAT SECURITY TODAY.
I (NEIL) REMEMBER ALWAYS GOING OVER THE HILL TO AUNT IVA'S. I REMEMBER TELLING MOTHER (VERNA) THAT I GOING TO AUNT IVA'S AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY PLEASE DON'T STAY TO LONG. THEN AUNT IVA WOULD ASK,"HOW LONG CAN YOU STAY" AND AT THE END OF THAT TIME SHE WOULD SEND ME HOME. SHE SURE WAS ALOT OF FUN TO BE AROUND.14 |