This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CAYO, PAYANT, MASSEY, STAFFORD, SUTHEIMER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nFC.2ACI/675 Message Board Post: Appleton (WI) Post Crescent Friday, August 24, 2001 Massey Mrs., John L. (Esther Clofield Cayo) Appleton Age 92, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She was born December 13, 1908, in Wausaukee, Wisconsin; the daughter of the late Louis Sr. and Clofield (Payant) Cayo. Esther was united in marriage to John L. Massey on February 26, 1924 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Niagara, Wisconsin. They shared 63 years together before his death on September 18, 1987. She was formerly employed at Fox River Paper Company for 47 years; retiring in 1973. Esther was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Fox River Paper Quarter Century Club. She will be deeply missed by her daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Ed Stafford, Menasha; three grandsons: Gary (Linda) Stafford, John (Barbara) Stafford, and Tom Stafford, all of Appleton; five great-grandchildren: Laura (Roger Hager Stafford), Michelle, Erin, Scott, and Ryan Stafford; two sisters-in-law: Viola (Carl) Sutheimer and Betty Massey, both of Appleton; also nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Esther was preceded in death by a grandson Bruce Stafford, five brothers and a sister. The Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday, August 25th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 222 E. Fremont St., with Fr. Jack Harper, Fr. Robert Karuhn, and Fr. Wilbert Staudenmeier con-celebrating. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery, Niagara, Wisconsin. Friends may call directly at the church from 9 a.m. Saturday until the 11 a.m. service. The family wishes to extend a special thank you to Meals on Wheels and to two special friends, Ron Solberg Jr. and Evelyn Shanklin, also to Lori Fisher, Chrisann Ruepiper, Vivian Schuette and the staff of Gardenview Assisted Living. God saw she was getting tired, and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around her and whispered "Come to Me". With tearful eyes we watched her suffer, and saw her fade away, and though we loved her dearly, we could not make her stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard-working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, he only takes the best. We rejoice knowing you are now in the glorious presence to our Lord and are reunited with loved ones. We will love and miss you always ... Your Family. Brettschneider-Trettin-Lederer 606 N. Oneida St. Appleton, Wis (920) 733-7383