1925 obit-Mrs. Adella (Stoddard) May- Brattleboro,           
Date:	4/26/98 9:55:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)


from the Brattleboro Reformer
                Brattleboro, Windham County, VT
                           1925
                     MRS. WILLIAM L. MAY

    Black Mountain Resident Who Had Spent Nine Years in Wheel Chair

        Mrs. Adella (Stoddard) May, 62, wife of William Lyman May, died at her
home on Black Mountain road shortly before midnight, death resulting
from brights disease, following a period of nine years of paralysis.
Mrs. May had been unable to walk during that time, and had been confined
to a wheel chair.

        She was born in Woodford, (Vt.) May 26, 1862, one of a family of 11
children of Benjamin and Anna (Crawford) Stoddard.  She married Mr. May
of Wardsboro, June 26, 1881. the ceremony taking place in Edinburg,
N.Y.  They began housekeeping in Clarksburg, Mass., where they lived a
year, moving from there to Dummerston where they made their home 20
years.  They also lived in Halifax 14 years and three years ago Mr. May
bought the so-called Lindsey farm on Black Mountain road.  Eight
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. May, six of whom survive;  Benjamin
S. of Danby, Mass.; Mary, wife of W.H. Cannon of Halifax; Warren W. of
Brattleboro; Everett W., who is manager of the Bond floral store;  Ida
Belle, wife of B.N. Vancor of Brattleboro; Clara Agnes, wife of G.J.
Severens, who lived on the home farm.  She is also survived by six
sisters and three brothers, and 10 grandchildren.

        Mrs. May was a member of the Baptist church in North Adams, Mass., but
of no other organization.

        The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mitchell's
funeral home.  Rev. Edwin P. Wood, pastor of All Souls church, will
officiate.  The burial will take place in Dummerston Center.
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        Funeral services for Mrs. William L. May, who died last Thursday night
at her home on Black Mountain road, were held yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock fraom Mitchell's funeral home.  Rev. Edwin P. Wood, pastor of
All Souls church, officiated.  The bearers were Warren May, Benjamin
May, Guy Severns and Everett W. May.  The burial took place in
Dummerston Center.  Those attending the funeral from out of town were
Mr. and Mrs. Erving Fuller and daughter, Gertrude, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Stoddard and two children of North Adams, Mass., Adelbert Stoddard of
Athol, Mass., Mrs. Charles Edwards of Dover, Mrs. Addie Bailey of
Worcester.
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(c)1998, Terry Perham
Courtesy of
Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
tess@sover.net

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