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- The Goshen News
March 20, 2008
Esther I. Peyton, 91, 61239-2 C.R. 21, Goshen, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at 3:15 a.m. in the emergency room of Goshen General Hospital.
She was born in Norway, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1916, to Arthur W. and Lutie Rachel (Gould) Barker. She came to this area in 2001 from Lorraine, N.Y.
She was a homemaker and a nurse's aid at Herkimer Memorial Hospital in New York. She also worked at Borden's, New Port, N.Y., and Munger's Department Store, Herkimer, N.Y. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, ceramics, cooking, and especially baking pies.
She married Charles E. Thomas, Oct. 18, 1939, at Norway Baptist Church, Norway, N.Y. He died Feb. 4, 1949. At the home of Rev. Hutchinson, Bellville, N.Y., she married Albert W. Peyton Jr., Dec. 18, 1965. He preceded her in death.
Surviving are her daughter, Sharon (John S.) Flansburg, Goshen; son, Dale C. (Virginia) Thomas, Cleveland, Ga.; stepdaughter-in-law, Jane Peyton, Pulski, N.Y.; stepson, Gary Peyton, Arizona; stepdaughter, Becky (George) Spaziani, Black River, N.Y.; eight grandchildren, Michael Candela, Joyce Candela, Lisa Candela, Deborah (James) Jacquays, Melissa Candela, Jeffrey (Beth) Thomas, John (Rebecca) Thomas, and Barbara Van Buren; 19 great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; and 9 stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Clausen; and a grandson, Jeffrey T. Candela, who died in 2007.
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