BERLIN - Gretchen (Haag) Payne died on June 12, 2016. She was born Nov. 15, 1932 in Cleveland, OH, the daughter of Durell and Alice (Pearson) Haag. She was raised in Shaker Heights and graduated from DePauw University. She was first married to McClung Rhodes Blair, and subsequently to Cecil Patrick Payne. She worked as a portrait artist and an interior decorator. She was predeceased by her son, Hunt Blair, and is survived by her daughter-in-law, Sarah Blair, and grandsons George and Adam Blair of Montpelier.