Obit: May, Minnie E. (1894 - 1950)

Contact: Stan

Surnames: May, Schembel

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/23/1950

May, Minnie (8 Feb. 1894 - 22 Feb. 1950)

Neillsville, Wisconsin - Unconscious for a week, Mrs. George May, 56, a semi-invalid, died Wednesday at the Neillsville hospital.

Officials said her death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, probably induced when she collapsed February 14 after a man allegedly broke into here home on the outskirts of Neillsville. She never regained consciousness.

The man, Herbert Schembel, of Neillsville, is at liberty under $200 bond after pleading innocent to a charge of malicious destruction of property. He is accused of breaking down the door of Mrs. May’s home. Her husband was at work in Wisconsin Rapids at the time.

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---Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Tuesday, February 21, 1950; Section: Front page, Page: 1

Mrs. George May Dies at Neillsville


Neillsville, Wis.—Unconscious for a week, Mrs. George May, 56, a semi-invalid, died today at Neillsville hospital. Officials said her death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, probably induced when she collapsed February ^ after a man allegedly broke into her home on the outskirts of Neillsville. She never regained consciousness. The man, Herbert Schembel, Neillsville, is a liberty under $200 bond after pleading innocent to a charge of malicious destruction of property. He is accused of breaking down the door of Mrs. May's home. Her husband was at work to Wisconsin Rapids at the time.

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1930 Federal Census, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, enumeration district number: 0029, family 445, line 63

Minnie May, White married female
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's birthplace: Germany

Household Members
head George May M 36 Illinois
wife Minnie May F 36 Wisconsin
daughter Ruth May F 6 Wisconsin
daughter Janet May F 4 Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, Neillsville, Neillsville City, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, enumeration district number: 10-29, family 389, line 12

Minna E May, white, married, female
residence in 1935: Same House

Household Members
head George M May M 46 Illinois
wife Minna E May F 46 Wisconsin
daughter Ruth D May F 16 Wisconsin
daughter Janet M May F 14 Wisconsin

 

 


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