Anna Mae Marie Lesta of Seward died February 13, 2020, at home, with her family by her side. She was 81.
Born May 13, 1938, in Southampton, she was the daughter of the late Merrill and Mary (White) Nelson.
Mrs. Lesta was predeceased in 2018 by her husband, Stanley Paul Lesta Jr., whom she married on March 27, 1958; a son, William Lesta; and one brother, Merrill Nelson Jr.
She was a Eucharistic minister at the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a bookkeeper for Bank of the Hamptons in Southampton, and a member of Dunes Post VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by a son, Paul (Laurie) Lesta of Seward; a daughter, Julianna (Mike) Ritter; a brother, Robert Nelson of Tennessee; and seven grandchildren, Danielle, Zachary, and Nicholas Lesta, Kristina Bonney, Shannon Williamson, Wesley Wojcik, and Michael Ritter.
A funeral Mass took place on February 21, at the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, followed by burial at the church cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Mereness-Putnam Funeral Home in Cobleskill.
Online condolences may be left at merenessputnamfuneralhome.com.