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Martha Myrtle “Mattie” Roach May

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Birth	:	10 Jun 1867 Chelsea, Tama County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	2 Mar 1953 Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Dickinson Cemetery, Dickinson, Stark County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.8897018, -102.7694016
Plot	:	-. R. 2. 4
Description	:	Mrs. S.T. May Funeral Services Will Be Today Funeral services for Mrs. S. T. May will be held Thursday, March 5, today at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church with the Reverend kenneth Wiley as officiating minister. Mrs May died Monday, march 2, at the St. Benedict's home in Dickinson from complications of old age. She had been ill for about two months. Pallbearers for Mrs. May will be H. J. Wienbergen, H.E. Murphy, Dr. A.C. Selke, R.R. Harding, C.E. Scott and Alberte Cooke. Burial will be in the Dickinson cemetery. Mrs. May was born in Chelsea, Iowa, June 10,... Read More	Mrs. S.T. May Funeral Services Will Be Today Funeral services for Mrs. S. T. May will be held Thursday, March 5, today at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church with the Reverend kenneth Wiley as officiating minister. Mrs May died Monday, march 2, at the St. Benedict's home in Dickinson from complications of old age. She had been ill for about two months. Pallbearers for Mrs. May will be H. J. Wienbergen, H.E. Murphy, Dr. A.C. Selke, R.R. Harding, C.E. Scott and Alberte Cooke. Burial will be in the Dickinson cemetery. Mrs. May was born in Chelsea, Iowa, June 10, 1867. She was the daughter of Fredrick and Lydia (sic, Eliza) Roach. She attended schools in Iowa and college at Valparaiso, Ind. She was married to Samuel T. May, Dec. 28, 1891, at Toledo, Iowa. Three children were born to them; they are Max R. May, Mullen, Neb., Don C. May, Window Rock, Ariz., and Hal S. May, Bellingham, Minn. Other survivors include eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Mrs. May came to Dickinson in 1918 when her husband, the late S. T. May, was elected by the board of regents to be president of the Dickinson State Normal School. Mr. May came here in July of 1918, and Mrs. May and her children came in September of the same year. Mr. May served as president of the college until his death in April of 1929. Mr. and Mrs. May came here from Madison, S.D., where he had been superintendent of the city school for nine years. After the death of her husband, Mrs May divided her time between living in North Dakota and in California until 1941 when she returned to Dickinson and lived in the May residence until 1949. She then disposed of her property and spent a year in Bismarck, returning to Dickinson in 1950 when she took up her residence at the St. Benedict's home. Mrs. May was a member of the Methodist Church. She was a member of the Faculty Matrons club and a former member of the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. May was preceded in death by her husband and one grand-child. The Price-Tobin funeral home has charge of arrangements." (Dickinson newspaper, March 5, 1953) Courtesy of Bob Hutchins

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Latitude: 46.8897018
Longitude: -102.7694016

Family Members:

Parent

Frederick Roach

(1833 - 1919)

Eliza Jane Hutchins Roach

(1835 - 1890)

Spouse

Samuel Thomas May

(1866 - 1929)

Siblings

Ione Roach

(1864 - 1922)

Lulu Roach

(1873 - 1873)

Children

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Coordinate: 46.8897018, -102.7694016

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15. Saint Phillips Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.0665855, -102.5577469

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Coordinate: 46.9052429, -102.4179916

18. Saint Elizabeth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.6838989, -102.5639038

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Coordinate: 46.8405710, -102.4108330

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Coordinate: 47.0608482, -102.4614868

21. Saint Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.0524900, -103.1092000

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Coordinate: 47.0546989, -103.1081009

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Coordinate: 46.8933670, -102.3469540

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