OBITUARY: Bernard John May, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Apr. 17, 2002]


                              Bernard John May
                              
Funeral services for Bernard John May, 91, of Stacyville were held at 10:30
am, Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at Visitation Catholic Church in Stacyville
with Father Joseph Schneider officiating. Interment was in Visitation
Catholic Cemetery in Stacyville. 

Bernard died Sunday, April 14 at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in
Osage.

Bernard John May was born Dec. 31, 1910 in Meyer, IA the son of Henry J. and
Anna M. (Hackenmiller) May. He was united in marriage to Regina Anne Bissen
on Nov. 15, 1938 at Johnsburg, MN. Bernard was a life long farmer in the
Johnsburg area retiring to Stacyville in 1977. He was a member of Visitation
Catholic church, a member of Knights of Columbus and was instrumental in
starting both the St. John's Council 3812 of Adams, MN and the Marian
Council 8650 of Stacyville, serving as Marian Council's first Grand Knight.
He was a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus Jean Pierre Aluneau
Assembly in Austin, MN. 

May was instrumental in organizing and in the building of the Stacyville
Community Nursing Home being an original board member and its first
president. He also served on the Stacyville Creamery Board. After retirement
he made many rosaries for family, friends and the missions.

Bernard was preceded in death by his parents, son John in 1974; three
brothers, Edmund, Othmar and Clement; two sisters, Sister Margaret May
and Dorothy May.

Survivors include his wife Regina of Stacyville; nine children, Robert
(Audrey) May of Stacyville, Rita (Daniel) McCoy of Rochester, MN, Carol
(John) Sullivan of Osage, Ann (Tom) Wolf of Sheffield, Gerard (Janet) May
of Osage, Edward (Teresa) May of Stacyville, Pamela (Richard) Fox of Cedar
Rapids, Mark (Rosanne) May of Adams, MN, Catherine (Daniel) Moellenbeck of
Granger; two brothers, Fred (Dorothy) May of Rose Creek, MN, Anthony May of
Fond du Lac, WI; three sisters, Elizabeth (Joseph) Martyniak of Taunton, MA,
Olivia (Robert) Pitzen of Stacyville, Evelyn (Ralph) Brumm of Osage;
sister-in-law, Irma May of Stacyville; 27 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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