Longtime friend and fellow Optimist Gerry says Ken encouraged him to join the service club and they worked on many projects together. “I have known Ken Payne for 20 years. He and I sat on several organizations for business and children’s charities. He helped me with many advertising programs at the Complex such as the banner program, events, fundraisers and park sponsorship. He was the backbone of this complex and of the children of this community. It will be hard to fill his shoes.” Ken was skilled in woodworking and he often created custom- made crafts for his friends and family. “You never knew what he was doing down in his workshop,” recalls Sandy. “But it was always something being created to give away and make someone smile.” Ken’s passion for volunteerism and helping others have inspired his daughter Cindy and husband Justin to join the Byron Optimist Club and continue his legacy of giving. It was fitting that, in lieu of flowers, family asked that anyone wishing to honour Ken could donate to the Complex. And his colleagues and friends in the Optimists have plans to honour him, too. “Ken’s support of the Complex never wavered over the decades,” says Sandy M, President and CFO of Byron Optimist Sports Complex. “This spring the Complex will be developing a memorial garden in his name.”
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