Obit: May, Maurice Otto (1924 - 2016)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: May, Dux, Lipke, Volz, Trunkel, Warmouth

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/30/2016

May, Maurice Otto (16, February 1924 - 27 March 2016) With Flag

Maurice May, 92, of Milwaukee died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at the Union Grove Veteran’s Home in Union Grove.

Maurice Otto May was born Feb. 16, 1924, in Pine Valley Township, the son of Otto and Margaret (Dux) May. He attended North Side Grade School and Neillsville High School. He served overseas in the United States Army from Aug. 16, 1945 to Jan. 25, 1947. While he was in the service, he was united in marriage to Roselyn Lipke. When he returned home, he worked for the Joe Zilk Gas Station. In 1955, he moved to Milwaukee and worked for 36 years for Advanced Express as a truck driver. Maurice was a member of the Loving Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; one sister, Esther Volz; and three brothers: Walter, Lester and Roland May.

Funeral services for Maurice will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville. Pastor John Warmuth will officiate. Music will be provided by Judy Trunkel, organist. Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery with military honors performed by the Neillsville Veteran’s Council. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday at the church.

Online condolences may be mad at www.geschefh.com.  The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Maurice’s family with funeral arrangements.