Carmen Kay Branstetter Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Carmen Kay Branstetter (Potosi, Missouri), who passed away at the age of 77, on March 22, 2026. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Carmen Kay Branstetter or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
As we bid Carmen farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Carmen is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jesse Essmyer and Marie Essmyer. She is survived by: her sister Donna Hartmann (Essmyer); her daughter Amy Branstetter (Shelly) of Fairview Heights, Illinois; her grandchildren, Aaron Johnson (Catlyn) of St. Jacob and Dani Johnson of Fairview Heights, Illinois; her son Ryan Branstetter (Lindsey) of Joplin, Missouri; and her grandchildren, Hunter Francisco and Ilee Branstetter.
