Rosalie May

PRINCETON — Rosalie A. May, 81, of Princeton died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at Colonial Hall Care Center in Princeton.

Born May 13, 1928, in Stratford, Iowa, to Harry W. and Ruth (Bjorklund) Anderson, she married William E. Horan July 23, 1947. He died Feb. 14, 1976. She married Lu Verne R. May in 1979. He died in 2003.

She was educated in the Webster City High School and Junior College. She was active in all music programs and 4-H. She worked for nine years as the activity director at Prairie View Nursing Home. She also helped in her first husband’s T.V. business and she and Lu ran May’s Decorating Service.

She was an active member of First United Methodist Church and sang in the choir.

Surviving are four children, Christine (Robert) Grant of Chesterton, Ind., Michael (Debbie) Tamte-Horan of Breingsville, Pa., Diana (David) Specht of Princeton and James (Frances) Horan of Trabuco Canyon, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Anita (Lon) Williams of Annawan and Annette Morris of Bowling Green, Ky.; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three stepgrandson; and nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Grant and Willard Anderson; and one granddaughter, Beth Horan.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton with the Revs. James Galbreath and Chad Delhotal officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to St. Margaret’s Hospice.