Jayne Wayman

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Jayne Evelyn Wayman was the middle child of a Methodist circuit rider in Missouri during the
depression, named after her father, Jay Simpson. Her mother, Clarice was critically ill with
hypertension, so Jaynes first job, in her adolescence, was to accompany her father each Sunday on his
rounds, because it was considered inappropriate for a single minister to be in church (or in a female
parishoners home) unaccompanied. She rode shotgun, listened to that weeks sermon at each church,
offered her critique, witnessed her fathers faith in action, and enjoyed his company and his stories.
Her family moved every two years, as required by the church, and she never felt like she had a real
home. Frequent moving continued in her married life through at least six different communities, from
St. Louis to the far reaches of McGill, Nevada as she followed her husbands career. In 1992, she and her
husband moved into a brand new house in Colorado Springs, and she frequently stated her intention to
spend the rest of her life in that home, which she did. On November 12, at age 98, and in the company
of her eldest son, her kind and loving neighbor, and a thoughtful caregiver, Jayne was rejoined with her
husband, as well as numerous friends and family members that had gone before.
Jayne was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 3, 1924. The US entered WWII in December of 1941, and
she married Cecil Wayman on June 6, 1942. In a whirlwind of changes, she liked to say that she turned
18, graduated from high school, and got married all within the same month. She was married to her
adoring husband and best friend, Cecil, for nearly sixty years, and referred to him as "Mr. Wonderful."
They retired to a farm in Penrose, Colorado, and one day while working, he asked for her help finding a
list he had written. They found it in the bedroom, whereupon he turned up the music and danced her
down the hall and through the kitchen to the back door, gave her a dramatic smooch and went back to
work. After moving back to Colorado Springs she cared for him night and day through declining health
due to cancer for ten years, and held his hand and let him go September 21, 2001. She often expressed
that she didnt know why God kept her around after that, but we all knew.
Jayne was resourceful and determined. By her count, she sewed 50 corduroy shirts, matching ones for
her entire family, and others for her father, uncle and brother. She had the challenge of raising two
(three counting her husband) equally determined and willful boys. Larry, her youngest, once stopped in
the middle of a busy street, began strutting and clucking, and announced that he was no longer Larry
but a chicken. Another mother might have panicked. Not missing a beat, Jayne simply called out "Here,
chick-chick-chick," and Larry obediently strutted and squawked across the street. In Lehman Caves, the
guide turned out the lights to demonstrate the complete blackness of being far underground. When the
lights came back on, she looked around and asked, "Wheres Larry?" Perched on the edge of a dark pool
named The Devils Bathtub, a voice responded "Im not Larry, Im a kitty cat," to which she quickly
replied "Here, kitty-kitty-kitty."
Under her watchful eye, resistance was futile. You would do your chores, learn to cook, do your own
laundry, sew on buttons, practice musical instruments, type, and other impossible things like earning a
personal fitness merit badge in spite of being a fat kid. One summer while painting the house trim, we
decided wed had enough, telling our mother that the whole painting thing was unfair and that we were
going swimming like the rest of our friends. "Alright," she sighed. "I guess Ill have to do it myself. I just
hope my allergies dont send me to the hospital. Or I dont get one of my dizzy spells at the top of the
ladder..." Mom: 1, boys: 0. We dragged our sorry butts back up those ladders and went back to work.
Jayne was not a fan of exercise. In fact, she had only been known to run once. She was wearing a snug
fitting skirt and in bare feet, walking through the grass in the back yard, she stepped on a garter snake. 
With a high-pitched squeal she ran across the yard, skirt hiked up high with one hand, and dancing from
foot to foot screamed, "Kill it! Kill it!" When we recovered from our hysterical laughter, we reluctantly
complied. Mom: 1, garter snake: 0.
Her favorite expression of love was food. Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat? What
would you like? Weve got cookies, pie, cake and ice cream. We have five flavors of ice cream and eight
different sodas. What would you like for dinner? If you had been to her house more than twice, she
remembered your personal favorite, and it would be ready the next time you came. College roommates
stopped on their way back to school to pick up favorite dishes. Her own children went to college
equipped with books of handwritten recipes.
Jayne faithfully budgeted in spiral notebooks and bought us store brand jeans instead of Levis, "Because
were poor! Thats why!" But there was always money for Boy Scouts, swimming and music lessons, and
we always ate well. Walter Drake and Sons, where Cecil was Executive Vice President, was well known
for personalizing almost anything. Sometimes personalized items with misspelled names were returned,
and for years our familys cabin frugally featured a perfectly good doormat personalized for The
Kingriters.
Despite having to squeeze every nickel, save S&H green stamps and cut coupons until she was well into
her fifth decade, she and Cecil dropped their pledge envelope into the collection plate at church without
fail. She counted seventeen years of teaching Sunday school, and she and Cecil tutored middle school
children from underserved neighborhoods in Colorado Springs. They received letters of thanks from
George W. Bush for their contributions to his campaign.
She cherished her connection with her grandchildren and great grandchildren, and news of their
progress in school, music, sports, careers, relationships and crushes. She remembered all our birthdays
and holidays with gifts and cards, and proudly displayed all our cards and thank you notes. In the last
year of her life she was surrounded by live-in caregivers, who reported that although they were the ones
there to deliver care, her concern for them followed her time tested formula: "Are you hungry? What
would you like to eat? Were going to order out. Is there some kind of food you would like? Are you
comfortable? Do you need any extra blankets?"
Jayne was preceded in death by her beloved husband Cecil, her parents Jay and Clarice Simpson, her
two siblings, grandparents and all of her aunts and uncles. According to her, she had outlived all of her
childhood friends. She is survived by sons Cecil (Yarrow) and Laird (Krista), grandchildren Xena, IX
(Allison) and Whitney (Jeffrey), and great grandchildren Logan, Audrey, Amado, Baxter, Finnegan, Trace,
Jay and Lane, as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family members. She especially
enjoyed a loving friendship with Bob and Nancy, her neighbors since 1994. We welcome their addition
to the family.
In the last few months of her life, Jayne began to call out a line from a bawdy drinking song that she had
encountered some time in her youth, and found humorous in thinking about her decline and impending
demise. The song is about a man who worked in a department store in Chicago but was fired for
inappropriate behavior. The line is, "I did but I dont anymore." She frequently dropped the line into
conversations, to the amusement of others. The line came to mind for us at her passing, and gave us a
smile. 
If this notice of Jaynes passing touches your heart or tickles your funny bone, please consider
contributing something to your favorite charity. Hers was First United Methodist Church in Colorado
Springs. Our mother/grandmother/friend would be pleased.

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