Wayne Leroy Paige was born April 1, 1933, and died July 31, 2026. He was the sixth of seven sons born to Virgil A. and Myrtle C. (Bloxham) Paige. He married Marlene Ann Guhl on July 16, 1950. They were blessed with four children, Jack, Christie, Paul and Thomas.

Wayne attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake on a baseball scholarship. After college graduation his work career was primarily in farm real estate and other agriculture-related sales areas.