Rosemary Payne Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Rosemary Payne of Steubenville, Ohio, who passed away at the age of 89, on March 4, 2026. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Rosemary Payne or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Rosemary may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Harold Shawver and Anna Shawver Rapp; her stepfather Ernest Rapp; her husband William Payne; her brother Thomas Shawver; and her nephew Martin Shawver.
She is survived by: her sister Peggy Lane of Athens, OH; her nieces, Lisa Lane (Hunter) of Vienna, WV and Mona Barnes (Len) of Columbus, OH; and her nephew William Shawver of Parkersburg, WV. She is also survived by two great nieces, one great nephew and one great great nephew.
