Garry Roy Payment, 63, of 12 County Road MI, Suomi Location, died early Wednesday morning, January 31, 2018 at The Lighthouse at Ishpeming Health and Rehab Center.

Garry was born July 7, 1954 in Dearborn to Glenn Roy and Mary Alice (Shannon) Payment and graduated from Sault Ste. Marie High School, Class of 1973. He then earned his criminal justice degree from Lake Superior State University. Garry met Dorothy Anderson of Suomi Location in 2000 and they were united in marriage on September 22, 2001. They lived in Suomi and Garry was employed as a maintenance mechanic at Greywalls Golf Course.

Mr. Payment was a proud member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, camping, four wheeling and riding his motorcycle.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Payment; daughter, Pamela (Jason) Payment-Pasanski of Clinton Township; eight grandchildren; sister, Marjorie (Bob Meyer) Arning of Tecumseh; special nephew, Greg Gierke of Ann Arbor; brother-in-law, Bruce (Zita) Anderson of Suomi Location; two sisters-in-law, Dolores Chevrette of Ishpeming and Darlene (George) Reed of Sundance, WY; and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Kimberly Payment, in April of 2017; and his mother- and father-in-law, Bertha and Todd Anderson.

Memorial services will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, February 9th at Koskey Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Tooman officiating. Interment will be in Bakkala Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends for two hours prior to services at the funeral home on Friday. A dinner reception will follow in the Mitchell United Methodist Church Hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed in Garry’s memory to UPAWS, 84 Snowfield Rd., Negaunee, MI 49866.

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