Son of Winston O. & Ella Upton May
Aged 17y 2m 17d
Lee May was born August 25, 1892, and died at the family residence in Southeast Wade, Jasper County, November 12, 1909, after an illness of typhoid fever, aged 17 years, 2 months, and 18 days. All that medical skill and the careful watching of a trained nurse could do were without avail, and the wearied patient gradually grew weaker until exhausted, and then quietly fell into an eternal sleep.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston O. May and was a bright and promising lad, esteemed for his genuine worth and manly qualities by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted at the Vanderhoof church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Chas. W. Estes of the Newton Presbyterian church in charge, and interment in the cemetery nearby, several hundred people attending as a mark of respect to a young man whose untimely demise cut short a career that was looked forward to with hope and expectation.
Death is always sad, but when, as in this instance, youth is just verging into manhood, after escaping the perils of childhood, it seems doubly distressing, and the sincerest sympathy is extended to those who were thus bereaved.
Surviving are the parents, brothers Erie, Ira, Olen and John, sister Eunice and many other relatives. Pall Bearers: Everett Ross, Frank Manning, Robert Mineo, Clarence Musgrove, Marion Burcham and Sylvan Beverlin.
From Newton (IL) Press: 11-16-1909
Aged 17y 2m 17d
Lee May was born August 25, 1892, and died at the family residence in Southeast Wade, Jasper County, November 12, 1909, after an illness of typhoid fever, aged 17 years, 2 months, and 18 days. All that medical skill and the careful watching of a trained nurse could do were without avail, and the wearied patient gradually grew weaker until exhausted, and then quietly fell into an eternal sleep.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston O. May and was a bright and promising lad, esteemed for his genuine worth and manly qualities by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted at the Vanderhoof church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Chas. W. Estes of the Newton Presbyterian church in charge, and interment in the cemetery nearby, several hundred people attending as a mark of respect to a young man whose untimely demise cut short a career that was looked forward to with hope and expectation.
Death is always sad, but when, as in this instance, youth is just verging into manhood, after escaping the perils of childhood, it seems doubly distressing, and the sincerest sympathy is extended to those who were thus bereaved.
Surviving are the parents, brothers Erie, Ira, Olen and John, sister Eunice and many other relatives. Pall Bearers: Everett Ross, Frank Manning, Robert Mineo, Clarence Musgrove, Marion Burcham and Sylvan Beverlin.
From Newton (IL) Press: 11-16-1909
Son of Winston O. & Ella Upton May
Aged 17y 2m 17d
Lee May was born August 25, 1892, and died at the family residence in Southeast Wade, Jasper County, November 12, 1909, after an illness of typhoid fever, aged 17 years, 2 months, and 18 days. All that medical skill and the careful watching of a trained nurse could do were without avail, and the wearied patient gradually grew weaker until exhausted, and then quietly fell into an eternal sleep.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston O. May and was a bright and promising lad, esteemed for his genuine worth and manly qualities by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted at the Vanderhoof church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Chas. W. Estes of the Newton Presbyterian church in charge, and interment in the cemetery nearby, several hundred people attending as a mark of respect to a young man whose untimely demise cut short a career that was looked forward to with hope and expectation.
Death is always sad, but when, as in this instance, youth is just verging into manhood, after escaping the perils of childhood, it seems doubly distressing, and the sincerest sympathy is extended to those who were thus bereaved.
Surviving are the parents, brothers Erie, Ira, Olen and John, sister Eunice and many other relatives. Pall Bearers: Everett Ross, Frank Manning, Robert Mineo, Clarence Musgrove, Marion Burcham and Sylvan Beverlin.
From Newton (IL) Press: 11-16-1909
Aged 17y 2m 17d
Lee May was born August 25, 1892, and died at the family residence in Southeast Wade, Jasper County, November 12, 1909, after an illness of typhoid fever, aged 17 years, 2 months, and 18 days. All that medical skill and the careful watching of a trained nurse could do were without avail, and the wearied patient gradually grew weaker until exhausted, and then quietly fell into an eternal sleep.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Winston O. May and was a bright and promising lad, esteemed for his genuine worth and manly qualities by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted at the Vanderhoof church Sunday afternoon, Rev. Chas. W. Estes of the Newton Presbyterian church in charge, and interment in the cemetery nearby, several hundred people attending as a mark of respect to a young man whose untimely demise cut short a career that was looked forward to with hope and expectation.
Death is always sad, but when, as in this instance, youth is just verging into manhood, after escaping the perils of childhood, it seems doubly distressing, and the sincerest sympathy is extended to those who were thus bereaved.
Surviving are the parents, brothers Erie, Ira, Olen and John, sister Eunice and many other relatives. Pall Bearers: Everett Ross, Frank Manning, Robert Mineo, Clarence Musgrove, Marion Burcham and Sylvan Beverlin.
From Newton (IL) Press: 11-16-1909
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