From the Sullivan Co Democrat, Callicoon, New York in March of 1930: BEGIN John Gary and Edith Newmann have been named enumerators for the census taking in the Town of Delaware, together with Emily Peterson of Jeffersonville. Others to serve will be: ... ... Fremont - Wm. Stoesser and Charles J. Hoffman; ... ... END Times Herald-Record Middletown, NY Oct. 15, 2014 BEGIN JOHN F. STAESSER July 7, 1935 - October 12, 2014 Long Eddy, NY John F. Staesser of Long Eddy, NY, a retired truck driver for Sullivan County DPW died Sunday, October 12, 2014 at the Roscoe Community Nursing and Rehab Center. He was 79. The son of the late William Sr. and Emma Knoble Staesser, he was born July 7, 1935 in the Town of Delaware. He was the widower of Betty Smith Staesser. John was a Life Member of the NRA and Ducks Unlimited, and was a U.S. Army Veteran. John is survived by his longtime companion, Marie Young; two sisters, Lillian Neer and Shirley Swendsen; several nieces and nephews and by Marie Young's children, Ginger Young and her companion, John Appley, Roger Young and his companion, Denise McBride. In addition to his parents and his wife, John was pre deceased by a brother, William Staesser. There will be no visitation. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Heavenly Rest Cemetery, County Road 95, North Branch at 11 a.m. Memorial Contributions may be made to the charity of ones choice. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home Inc., Callicoon. END