Jo Ann Relyea

Dear Desta and Ryan, I just learned of your Mom's passing. I worked with her at Rae and Company and she was such a beautiful person, inside and out. She always talked about the two of you with such love and pride. I am truely sorry for your loss.

To my niece, Jo. We've had a long frendship starting with our youth when we would make mud pies in my front yard and attempt to sell them to any passerby! Many years went by with interesting and fun vists, and in later years as adults, exchanging many e-mails and some heated political ones (ok, your guy won again) and exchanging many tm's. Such a showoff - texting in a dark movie theater - like you really knew where the letters were! Bet they had a lot of typos! I will miss you, Jo. Really...

Oh Deste- my heart goes out to you and your brother...go slowly and with much gentleness these next many weeks.

My warmest thoughts of friendship are there with you although I will not be there to give the hugs I am saving for you all. Jo will be missed by so many but no one will know the lasting emptiness as you will. May the happiest of memories sustain you. Mikey (as she always called me)