A funeral mass will be held at 12 noon, Saturday, May 4, 2002 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Meyer, Iowa with the Rev. Joe Schneider officiating. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery.

Martha May, 97, died Saturday April 27, 2002 at the Opportunity Adult Family Home in Spokane, Washington.

May was born May 19, 1904 to Frank and Katherine (Pitzen) Blake in Meyer. Martha attended school in Meyer through the eighth grade and on September 22, 1926, she was united in marriage to Leo May also in Meyer. Leo passed away in 1963 and Martha moved to Spokane in 1965.

She is survived by two daughters Ruth (James) Lucas of Cheney, Wash, and Valeria (Herman) of Austin, Minn.; 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson; also two sisters, Rose Lutgen of Sister Bay, Wise, and Anne Har of Rochester, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at the Hindt-Hutchins Funeral Home in LeRoy, Minn, from 4-8 p.m.on Friday and one hour prior to the service at the Church on Saturday.

A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Source: Riceville Recorder; May 2, 2002 Page 9
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
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