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David May
David May
Anamosa
David May 84, died Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at University Hospitals, Iowa City following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 Tuesday morning, December 17, 2024, at the Viola Methodist Church. Pastors Kris and Jim May will officiate at the service. Friends may call after 9:00 at the church. Interment will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, Iowa. Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa has taken David and his family into their care. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Viola Methodist Church or a charity of choice.
Surviving is his wife Corliss, his siblings, James (Mary), Robert (Rev. Julie), Ralph (Norma), Kathleen (Don) Barnes and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
David Curtis May was born May 15, 1940, at Anamosa, Iowa, the son of James Elwyn and Florence Angeline Stupka May. David was a graduate of the Anamosa Community Schools class of 1958. He worked at Baker Garage in Anamosa for several years. He continued his education at U.S. Trade school in Kansas City and later at DeVry Institute in Chicago. David served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He met and married his wife Corliss Harty while living in Chicago. David was employed at various auto dealerships in Chicago before the couple returned to Iowa. He worked at Maquoketa Valley REC as a mechanic before operating his own repair shop in Anamosa.
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