Daisy (Cayton) Pattee |
| Posted 2009-11-11 by Sharla |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Saturday, November 07, 2009 Daisy Pattee of Prescott Valley, Ariz., born March 23, 1923, in Edenton, N.C., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 3, 2009. She was born to Laurence and Ida Cayton, but was orphaned by the age of 6. Daisy spent much of her childhood at the Barium Springs Presbyterian Orphanage Home, along with two of her sisters, Grace and Gladys. Daisy married Richard Pattee, a career Navy man who was a Pearl Harbor survivor, on July 18, 1950, in Elizabeth City, N.C. Though they would often be separated for months at a time while Richard's various ships were out to sea, they were a loving couple who were perfectly suited one to another. Daisy and Richard never had children, but they loved their many nephews and nieces as their own. Daisy and Richard enjoyed nearly 44 years of a wonderful life together before the Lord called Richard home on June 11, 1994. Living most of the final 25 years of her life in Prescott Valley, Daisy and Richard were members of the Open Door Baptist Church. Richard served the church as a Deacon, and Daisy served in many capacities, including as president of the ladies' missionary fellowship for a time. Both were loved and respected by their friends at church and in their neighborhood. Daisy was preceded in death by her sisters (Molly, Blanch, Grace and Gladys) and brothers (Lawrence, McMillan, and Harvey). But she leaves many nieces and nephews to cherish fond memories of her. These include the children of Daisy's sister Gladys Formica and her husband, Gene: Cindy, Gracie, Eugene, Vincent, and Dennis; and the children of Daisy's sister Grace Swanner: Ernest and his wife Jerry; Arthur and his wife Diane; Richard Swanner (named after Daisy's husband); and Kathy Nixon (all of Edenton, N.C.); and Beth Fromal of Hampton, Va. Daisy was well-loved and will be greatly missed by her friends and family. But her desire to see her Savior and to be reunited with her husband has now been granted by God's grace. Gratitude is expressed to the kind staff and residents of The Grayson House in Prescott Valley, where Daisy lived since February of this year; and to the doctors and nurses of both The Yavapai Regional Medical Center East Campus and Hospice of the Pines for their compassionate care. Information provided by survivors. |
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