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Dr Homer Woodrow May Sr.

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Dr Homer Woodrow May Sr.

Birth
Rainsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Sep 1971 (aged 51)
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A
Memorial ID
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A son of Augustus J. and Cora I. (Knisely) May. Husband of Dorothy Irene (Beegle) May. Dr. May died as a result of an automobile accident which took place on Route 30 east of Bedford.

He was survived by his wife, two children, Homer W. May, Jr., Bedford, and Donna May, at home; two sisters, Lillian Snell, Wolfsburg; and Sue Clapper, Baltimore, MD; and these half brothers and sisters, Pearl Hammond, Bedford; Edward, Alum Bank; Tracy, Bedford RD 2; Charles, Warren and John, all of Bedford. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and one daughter.

Dr. May was graduated from Bedford High School in 1938. He received a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1942. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he continued his education at the University of Maryland, and in 1949 received the Doctor of Medicine degree. He served his internship at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He served three years of residency, specializing in internal medicine, at the Veterans Hospital in Fort Howard, MD.

At the time of his death he was senior staff member of the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was chief of medical services at the hospital and president of the medical staff.

U. S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class World War II.

A doctor at Bedford County Memorial Hospital.

Geisel Funeral Home.

Excerpts from obit.
Obituary Collection Book 8, Page 3015
Bedford County Historical Society
Bedford, PA
A son of Augustus J. and Cora I. (Knisely) May. Husband of Dorothy Irene (Beegle) May. Dr. May died as a result of an automobile accident which took place on Route 30 east of Bedford.

He was survived by his wife, two children, Homer W. May, Jr., Bedford, and Donna May, at home; two sisters, Lillian Snell, Wolfsburg; and Sue Clapper, Baltimore, MD; and these half brothers and sisters, Pearl Hammond, Bedford; Edward, Alum Bank; Tracy, Bedford RD 2; Charles, Warren and John, all of Bedford. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and one daughter.

Dr. May was graduated from Bedford High School in 1938. He received a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1942. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he continued his education at the University of Maryland, and in 1949 received the Doctor of Medicine degree. He served his internship at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He served three years of residency, specializing in internal medicine, at the Veterans Hospital in Fort Howard, MD.

At the time of his death he was senior staff member of the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was chief of medical services at the hospital and president of the medical staff.

U. S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class World War II.

A doctor at Bedford County Memorial Hospital.

Geisel Funeral Home.

Excerpts from obit.
Obituary Collection Book 8, Page 3015
Bedford County Historical Society
Bedford, PA


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