Charlene May 1925-2010

MAY, BAILEY, BRINKLEY, SHILLIG, BELL

Posted By: Paul Moritz (deceased)
Date: 6/9/2010 at 15:15:06

Charlene May of Waukon, age 84, died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon following a short illness. Burial and graveside services were held Thursday, June 3 at Makee Manor Cemetery, rural Waukon.

Charlene May was born September 23, 1925 in Allamakee County, the daughter of Myrtle Bailey and Joseph May. She spent her early life at the Toledo Children’s Home and Woodward State Hospital until she moved to the Allamakee County Care Facility/Makee Manor in 1961. She transferred to Northgate Care Center in 1991.
Charlene enjoyed music, dancing, TV, puzzles, coloring and picture books. She enjoyed interacting with staff and was always a happy person.

She is survived by three nieces, Lonnie Brinkley, Sherrie May and Terry Shilling.(*see correction below - added 1/27/2011)

~Waukon Standard newspaper June 8, 2010
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Added Jan 27, 2011:
Looking at Charlene's Obituary in the Iagenweb site, I noticed that Mr Paul Moritz posted what was probably the "uncorrected" version of Charlene's Obituary. Charlene was born in New Albin, Allamakee Cty Iowa. The newspaper mispelled names; they should read as follows:

Lonnie (Robert) May Brinkley, Sherri (May) Bell and Teddy (May) Schillig (not Terry Schilling), all of Davenport Iowa

The newspaper was notified of these mistakes and did an online correction at the time. From a researcher's point of view, spelling of names is
quite important, so I would appreciate it if someone could correct this.
Thank-you,
Lonnie Brinkley; niece of Charlene May