Our plans to say goodbye

In this photo, Jacob is unseen and watching over Lynn.  Now, Lynn is unseen.  But maybe she is watching over us.  I want to thank the many people who are helping us prepare for her services.

Here is the obituary that we are submitting to the Columbus Dispatch:

Dale Lynn Stoutenburg (née Peyton), age 32, died at her home in Powell, Ohio on Easter morning, March 31, 2013.  She was surrounded by loving family and friends.  She finally rested after a courageous year-long battle with breast cancer.  Born November 4, 1980, in Parma, Ohio, she was the oldest daughter of three.  She is survived by her husband, Joe; children, Lauren and Jacob; parents, Jerry Peyton and April (Smith) Peyton; grandmothers, Joan (Salsman) Smith and Naomi (Wiseman) Peyton; sisters, Carrie (Peyton) Hanna and Katie Peyton and loving extended family and friends too numerous to count. Graduate of The Ohio State University and The New York Institute of Photography.  She worked as a professional photographer and was a loving wife and mother.  Dale Lynn lived a life of vitality and had a gift to make people laugh.  Her far reaching exemplary influence will be felt for generations to come.

Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday April 3, 2013 at RUTHERFORD FUNERAL HOME AT POWELL 450 W. Olentangy St. (Powell Rd./St. Rt. 750/one quarter east of Sawmill Parkway), Powell Ohio 43065 (614-792-1471).  Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday April 4, 2013 at THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 450 N. Liberty St., Powell OH 43065.  Burial will follow at Cheshire Cemetery, Delaware Ohio.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dale Lynn Stoutenburg’s memory to The OSU Wexner Medical Center to fund #311812 Neuro-Oncology Research Fund, specifically for the research of Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis, and sent to:

Office of Development, 660 Ackerman Rd., PO Box 183112 Columbus, Ohio 43218

In the memo line of the check, please write in fund #311812/Dale.  Condolences may be sent to www.rutherfordfuneralhomes.com.