OBIT: Emma (MIMNA) MAY, 1944, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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EMMA MAY

  Mrs. Emma (Mimna) May, wife of George May, of Coal Run, died suddenly at her 
home at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 9th, of coronary occlusion.  Mrs. May 
had been suffering for some time with diabetes, but was out milking when her 79-
year-old husband, who was shaving in the kitchen of their home, heard her call.  
He hastened out and helped her into the house, and was preparing to give her 
something for indigestion when she passed away.
  She was born in Garrett County, Maryland, on October 15, 1873, daughter of 
Edward and Mary Jane (Lenhart) Mimna, and was 71 years, 1 month and 25 days old 
at her death.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, 
Mary Blanche, wife of Martin Hare, Nanty-Glo, Pa.; Madge, wife of Harry Stahl, 
Jerome; two sons, Harry E. and Clarence L. May, both of Nanty-Glo, and a foster 
son, Paul Mimna of Cumberland, Md.  She is also survived by four sisters and 
three brothers - Nancy, wife of Charles Gray, and Mary, wife of Herman Gartner, 
both of Salisbury; Mrs. Ella May, Rockwood, and Mrs. Bessie Porterfield, 
Cumberland and John Mimna, Meyersdale; William, of Ligonier, and James, of Shaw 
Mines.
  Funeral services for Mrs. May were conducted in the Methodist Church of 
Salisbury, of which she was a member, at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13th, 
by her pastor, Rev. Sherwood Keiser of Meyersdale.  Interment in the Union 
Cemetery in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, December 14, 1944